🌡️ Comfortably hot 🔥 To heat 🤗 Friendly 🟥 Red or yellow 💬 Excited 🔍 Close to finding ⚠️ Dangerous

to warm

459 1.0

To make or become less cold

verb
/wɔrm/

: calentar

We gotta warm you up, buddy!
the climate is warming
the Earth is warming
warm or cool

Anything to warm up bro that's so cool.

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Examples

The coach had us run a few laps to warm up before the big game.
Participants were encouraged to warm up and stretch properly before testing.

Academic text (2012)
But then we need to warm up to wake up.
Let it come back in again and warm your face.
When I feel cold, you warm me.

CreepCast
Teaching your students how to warm up on their own can also produce benefits.

Academic text (1995)
"I'll just sit here and warm my feet by the fire."

Love Don’t Fade Away (2023)
Here, take a swig of this, it'll warm you up.

Enter Nowhere (2015)
Some patients find rubbing or warming affected areas with heated wheat bags helpful.

Academic text (2012)
After a long day in the cold, I sat by the heater to warm my hands.

Synonyms

to heat

vsto warm

225 1.0

To make something hot or warmer

is used for milder everyday rises in temperature rather than broad increases

to heat up

vsto warm

75 1.0

To make something hot or warm

is for gentler temperature increases rather than big temperature changes

to warm up

vsto warm

40 1.6

Become or make something less cold

is the single verb form rather than a phrasal form

to hot

vsto warm

5 1.0

To make something warm or raise its temperature

is for smaller temperature rises rather than strong ones

Antonyms

to cool

225 1.0

To make or become less warm

to chill

45 1.0

To make food or drink cold, often in the fridge

Idioms

to warm the bench

Informal

1 7.0

A player who sits on the side and does not play in games

to warm the cockles of one's heart

Informal

1 7.5

To make someone feel happy and warm inside

Phrasal Verbs

to warm up

173 2.2

Do gentle exercises to prepare the body for harder activity

to keep warm

142 1.0

To stop yourself from getting cold

to warm up

40 1.6

Become or make something less cold

to warm up

34 2.4

Run an engine a short time so it works properly

to warm up

29 2.5

Become more friendly and relaxed around other people

to warm to

28 4.9

Start to like someone or something more over time

to warm over

2 3.4

To heat cooked food again until it is hot

Compounds

warm-up

60 2.7

Light exercise you do before harder activity to get your body ready

warm welcome

50 1.0

A friendly greeting that makes someone feel pleased and at ease

warm-blooded

Specialized

8 3.5

An animal that keeps a steady temperature inside its body, like humans and birds

warm body

7 3.6

A person or animal who gives warmth and comfort by being close

warm smile

7 1.0

A friendly expression on the face that shows real kindness

warm fuzzy feeling

Informal

4 3.5

A pleasant feeling inside when something kind happens

warm meal

3 1.0

Hot food that makes you feel warm and comfortable

warm regards

3 2.3

A polite, friendly way to end a letter or email

warm and inviting

2 3.5

A place or atmosphere that makes people feel relaxed and welcome

warm front

Specialized

2 3.7

A line where warmer air moves into cooler air

warm atmosphere

1 2.8

A friendly, comfortable feeling that makes people feel welcome

warm brown

1 1.7

A brown colour with red or yellow tones that looks cosy

warm sunlight

1 1.0

Light from the sun that feels warm on your skin

warm personality

1 2.7

A friendly, kind way of behaving that makes people feel comfortable

warm-up routine

1 3.2

A set of light exercises done before hard exercise to prepare the body

warm-toned

1 4.9

Having a rich, mellow sound that feels pleasant and not harsh

warm fuzzy moment

Informal

1 5.9

A short pleasant feeling that makes you feel warm and happy

warm heita

Informal

9.9

A friendly greeting or small gesture that makes someone feel welcome

How Warm

to scald

12 4.8

to heat

225 1.0

to warm

459 1.0

to warm up

40 1.6

Surface Forms

warm infinitive

warmed past

warmed past participle

warming present participle

warms third person singular

Etymology

Warm as a verb comes from the same old word wearm meaning 'comfortably hot'. So to warm something is to give it heat or make it feel hotter.