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WARM
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a seeker; near to the object sought
Example:
hot on the trail
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Similar:
close; near; nigh (not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble
Example:
made things warm for the bookies
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Similar:
uncomfortable (providing or experiencing physical discomfort)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement
Example:
a warm debate
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Adjectives
Similar:
lively (full of life and energy)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Characterized by strong enthusiasm
Example:
warm support
Synonyms:
ardent; warm
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Adjectives
Similar:
enthusiastic (having or showing great excitement and interest)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Easily aroused or excited
Example:
a warm temper
Synonyms:
quick; warm
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Adjectives
Similar:
excitable (easily excited)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Freshly made or left
Example:
the scent is warm
Synonyms:
strong; warm
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Adjectives
Similar:
fresh (recently made, produced, or harvested)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
Example:
a warm coat
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Adjectives
Similar:
warming (imparting heat)
warmed (having been warmed up)
lukewarm; tepid (moderately warm)
Also:
hot (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)
Attribute:
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
Antonym:
cool (neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat)
Derivation:
warmness (the quality of having a moderate degree of heat)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Psychologically warm; friendly and responsive
Example:
warm support
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Adjectives
Similar:
cordial (politely warm and friendly)
hearty (showing warm and heartfelt friendliness)
Also:
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
friendly (characteristic of or befitting a friend)
Attribute:
emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Antonym:
cool (psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike)
Derivation:
warmness (a positive feeling of liking)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows when referring to color
Example:
warm reds and yellows and orange
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Adjectives
Similar:
hot ((color) bold and intense)
Antonym:
cool (inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they warm ... he / she / it warms
Past simple: warmed
Past participle: warmed
-ing form: warming
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make warm or warmer
Example:
The blanket will warm you
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "warm" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "warm"):
chafe (warm by rubbing, as with the hands)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
warmer (device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Get warm or warmer
Example:
The soup warmed slowly on the stove
Synonyms:
warm; warm up
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "warm" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
warming (the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a warm manner
Example:
warm-clad skiers
Synonyms:
warm; warmly
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Pertainym:
warm (having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat)
Context examples:
A type of breast cancer in which the breast looks red and swollen and feels warm.
(Inflammatory breast cancer, NCI Dictionary)
Treatment may include warm baths and a cream or other medicine.
(Hemorrhoids, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
If you are not warm enough, you may take my cloak yonder; wrap it about you, and sit down in the arm-chair: there,—I will put it on.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The solitary, hungry look in his eyes went straight to Jo's warm heart.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The old woman went out, but saw no one on the stairs, and cried again: “Where are you?” “Here in the kitchen, I am warming myself,” cried the second drop of blood.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
She goes into the warm bath to-morrow, and for the rest of the week, you know, we are engaged.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
"Unless you clip 'm in warm weather!"
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The red cores of the green bubbles are made of warm dust that has not yet been pushed away from the windy stars.
(Citizen Scientists Discover Yellow "Space Balls", NASA)
Nay, it warmed my very heart to see it.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yet the seal-oil burned brightly and we were warm and comfortable.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
