warm
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/wɔːm/
English
Definitions
adjective
- Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.“The tea is still warm.”
- Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.“We have a warm friendship.”
- Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.
- Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.
noun
- The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.“Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?”
verb
- To make or keep warm.
- To become warm, to heat up.“My socks are warming by the fire.”
- To favour increasingly.“He is warming to the idea.”
- To become ardent or animated.“The speaker warms as he proceeds.”
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Synonyms
warm uphotquickclosetenderlivelystrongardentexcitableenthusiasticfondnearaffectionatelovesomelovinghearty