Definition for: warm

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English

Etymology

Old English wearm

Pronunciation

Adjective

warm ( comparative warmer , superlative warmest )

1. a temperature slightly higher than usual, still pleasant. mild temperature

   The tea is still warm .

2. something that causes warmth, or the impression thereof

   This is a very warm room.

3. caring, of relation to another person.

   we have a warm friendship

   • 1985 : Robert Ferro, Blue Star

     It seemed I was too excited for sleep, too warm , too young.

4. ardent, zealous (18th century meaning)
   • 1776 : Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , Chapter 1

     To the strength and fierceness of barbarians they added a contempt for life, which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and transmigration of the soul.

Synonyms

Antonyms

• arctic, cool, frozen (1,3)
• cold (1)

Translations

a temperature slightly higher than usual (1)

something that causes warmth (2)

caring, of relation to another person (3)

ardent, zealous (4)

Related terms

• heated
• hot
• steamy
• temperature
• lukewarm
• tepid
• warmish

Etymology

Old English werman

Verb

to warm ( third-person singular simple present warms , present participle warming , simple past warmed , past participle warmed )

1. to make or keep warm
2. to increasingly favour

   (he is warming to the idea) ; (her classmates are gradually warming to her)

Translations

to make or keep warm(1)

to increasingly favour(2)

German

Etymology

Old High German warm

Adjective

warm ( comparative : wärmer, superlative : am wärmsten)

1. warm, hot

Antonyms

• kalt, kühl

Related terms

• Wärme
• wärmen
• Wärmer

Compounds

• Warmbad
• Warmblüter
• Wärmeenergie
• Warmwasser
• erwärmen
• aufwärmen
• anwärmen
• lauwarm
• brühwarm
• zimmerwarm

Old High German

Etymology

Common Germanic * warmaz , whence also Old English wearm , Old Norse varmr

Adjective

warm

1. warm

Other Translations for "warm"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		warm
Hex		77 e1 72 ed
Pig Latin		armway

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