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warm

adjective noun verb

Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
W
Ends with
M
Contains
AR
Scrabble score
9

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/wɔːm/ /wɔɹm/

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.

    “The tea is still warm.”

  2. Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.

    “We have a warm friendship.”

  3. Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.

  4. Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.

  5. Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.

  6. Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness

    “a warm piano sound”

  7. Ardent, zealous.

    “a warm debate, with strong words exchanged”

  8. Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; rich.

  9. Requiring arduous effort.

noun

  1. The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.

    “Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?”

verb

  1. To make or keep warm.

  2. To become warm, to heat up.

    “My socks are warming by the fire.”

  3. To favour increasingly.

    “He is warming to the idea.”

  4. To become ardent or animated.

    “The speaker warms as he proceeds.”

  5. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.

  6. To beat or spank.

In context

Example Sentences

The tea is still warm.
We have a warm friendship.
a warm piano sound
a warm debate, with strong words exchanged
Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?
My socks are warming by the fire.
He is warming to the idea.
The speaker warms as he proceeds.

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