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Definition of Warm

1. Adverb. In a warm manner. "Warm-clad skiers"

2. Adjective. Having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat. "A warm coat"

3. Verb. Get warm or warmer. "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"

4. Adjective. Psychologically warm; friendly and responsive. "Warm support"

5. Verb. Make warm or warmer. "The blanket will warm you"

6. Adjective. (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows. "Warm reds and yellows and orange"

7. Adjective. Having or displaying warmth or affection. "A warm embrace"

8. Adjective. Freshly made or left. "The scent is warm"

9. Adjective. Easily aroused or excited. "A warm temper"

10. Adjective. Characterized by strong enthusiasm. "Warm support"

11. Adjective. Characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement. "A warm debate"

12. Adjective. Uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble. "Made things warm for the bookies"

13. Adjective. Of a seeker; near to the object sought. "Hot on the trail"

Definition of Warm

1. a. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

2. v. t. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.

3. v. i. To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.

4. n. The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.

5. a. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

6. v. t. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.

7. v. i. To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.

8. n. The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.

Definition of Warm

1. Adjective. Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; a mild temperature. ¹

2. Adjective. Being something that causes warmth, or the impression thereof. ¹

3. Adjective. Caring or charming, of relations to another person. ¹

4. Adjective. Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum. ¹

5. Adjective. Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal. ¹

6. Adjective. (archaic) Ardent, zealous. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To make or keep warm. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive) to become warm, to heat up ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive) To increasingly favour. ¹

10. Noun. (colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Warm

1. moderately hot [adj WARMER, WARMEST] / to make warm [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: warm

Medical Definition of Warm

1. 1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. "Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself." (Isa. Xliv 15) "Enough to warm, but not enough to burn." (Longfellow) 2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven. "I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings." (Pope) "Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed." (Keble) Origin: AS. Wearmian. See Warm. 1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. "Whose blood is warm within." "Warm and still is the summer night." (Longfellow) 2. Having a sensation of heat, especially. Of gentle heat; glowing. 3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt. 4. Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. "Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!" (Milton) "Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart." (Pope) "They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad mouths at." (Addison) "I had been none of the warmest of partisans." (Hawthor) 5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate. "Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't." (Dryden) 6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. "Warm householders, every one of them." (W. Irving) "You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him." (Goldsmith) 7. In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. "Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," children say at blindman's buff." (Black) 8. Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; said of colours, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds. Synonym: Ardent, zealous, fervent, glowing, enthusiastic, cordial, keen, violent, furious, hot. Origin: AS. Wearm; akin to OS, OFries, D, & G. Warm, Icel. Varmr, Sw. & Dan. Varm, Goth. Warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lith. Virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Skr. Gharma heat, OL. Formus warm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Warm

warlessness warlike warlikeness warling warlings warlock warlockry warlocks warlord warlording

warlordism warlordisms warlords warlott warly warm (current term) warm-blooded warm-blooded animal warm-bloodedness warm-cold haemolysin

warm-hearted warm-heartedly warm-hot intergalactic medium warm-toned warm-up warm-up jacket warm-up jackets warm-ups warm agglutinins warm antibody

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