warm

/wɔːm//wɔɹm/

adjective

  1. 1

    Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.

    The tea is still warm.
  2. 2

    Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.

    We have a warm friendship.
  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.

  6. 6

    Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness

    a warm piano sound
  7. 7

    Ardent, zealous.

    a warm debate, with strong words exchanged
  8. 8

    Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; rich.

  9. 9

    Requiring arduous effort.

noun

  1. 1

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

    Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?

verb

  1. 1

    To make or keep warm.

  2. 2

    To become warm, to heat up.

    My socks are warming by the fire.
  3. 3

    To favour increasingly.

    He is warming to the idea.
  4. 4

    To become ardent or animated.

    The speaker warms as he proceeds.
  5. 5

    To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.

  6. 6

    To beat or spank.

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