warm.
Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
Meaning & usage
Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
The tea is still warm.
This is a very warm room.
Friendly and with affection.
We have a warm friendship.
Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
Close to a goal or correct answer.
Earlier you were way off, but now you're getting warmer.
Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
a warm piano sound
Ardent, zealous.
a warm debate, with strong words exchanged
Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; prosperous.
Requiring arduous effort.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *warmaz Proto-West Germanic *warm Old English wearm Middle English warm English warm From Middle English warm, werm, from Old English wearm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from one of: * Proto-Indo-European *wór-mo-s, from *wer- (“to burn”), which is related to Hittite 𒉿𒊏𒀀𒉌 (warāni, “to burn”), Armenian վառել (vaṙel, “to burn, heat, warm”), Old Church Slavonic варити (variti, “to cook, boil”). * Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mo-s, from the root *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”), in which case cognate with Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós) (making perhaps a distant doublet of thermos), Latin formus, Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá). In any case cognate within Germanic to West Frisian waarm, Saterland Frisian woorm, Dutch warm, German warm, Swedish varm, Icelandic varmur.
To make or keep warm.
To become warm, to heat up.
My socks are warming by the fire.
The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.
(sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly.
He is warming to the idea.
Her classmates are gradually warming to her.
To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
To become ardent or animated.
The speaker warms as he proceeds.
To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
To give emotional warmth to a person.
To beat or spank.
To scold or abuse verbally.
To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.
To send electronic mail from (a domain) to improve its reputation for mail sending.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *warmaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *warmijaną Proto-West Germanic *warmijan Old English wierman Proto-West Germanic *warmōn Old English wearmian Middle English warmen English warm From Middle English warmen, wermen, wyrmen, from Old English wierman (“to make warm”) and wearmian (“to become warm”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmijan and *warmōn. Cognate with Dutch warmen, German wärmen, Swedish värma.
The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *warmaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *warmijaną Proto-West Germanic *warmijan Old English wierman Proto-West Germanic *warmōn Old English wearmian Middle English warmen English warm From Middle English warmen, wermen, wyrmen, from Old English wierman (“to make warm”) and wearmian (“to become warm”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmijan and *warmōn. Cognate with Dutch warmen, German wärmen, Swedish värma.
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