Warm

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see also warm up, warm-up

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English


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Adjective

warm

  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)
  4. ardent, zealous (18th century meaning)
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Synonyms

see WikiSaurus:warm

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Antonyms

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Example usage

  • (care) 1985: "It seemed I was too excited for sleep, too warm, too young." -Blue Star, Robert Ferro
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Translations

a temperature slightly higher than usual (1)
something that causes warmth (2)
caring, of relation to another person (3)
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Quotations

ardent, zealous

  • 1776: 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. — Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter 1.
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Verb

warm

  1. to make or keep warm
  2. to increasingly favour
    (he is warming to the idea); (her classmates are gradually warming to her)
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Translations

to make or keep warm(1)
to increasingly favour(2)
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German

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Adjective

warm (comparative: wärmer, superlative: am wärmsten)

  1. warm, hot
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Compounds

de:warm fr:warm ko:warm io:warm id:warm it:warm hu:warm nl:warm ja:warm pl:warm pt:warm ru:warm fi:warm vi:warm zh:warm

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