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to warm over

to warm over

3.4
To heat cooked food again until it is hot
  • phrasal verb
  • /wɔrm ˈoʊvər/
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  • The pizza was cold, so he decided to warm over a few slices in the oven.

Examples

  • She warmed over the soup before serving it.

  • I'll just warm over yesterday's stew for lunch since we're short on time.

  • She prefers not to warm over leftovers and makes fresh meals every day.

  • I will warm over the leftovers for dinner.

  • After dinner, she decided to warm over the leftover pizza in the oven for a quick snack.

  • He put the soup on the stove to warm over before serving it to his guests.

  • To enjoy the meal again, I will warm over the pasta that I made last night.

Synonyms

to heat up
vsto warm over
84 1.0

To make something hot or warm

is used for heating already cooked food again, not first heating
to reheat
vsto warm over
16 1.0

Make cooked food or drink warm again

is used specifically for food heated again after cooking
to rewarm
vsto warm over
1 2.5

To make warm again after becoming cold

is for heating food again after it has been cooked
to refry
vsto warm over
1 3.8

To cook food again in oil or fat to make it hot and crisp

is a general heating of cooked food, not specific to frying
to reboil
vsto warm over
3.4

Heat something until it makes big bubbles again

is about heating cooked food again rather than boiling specifically

How Warm

to heat up
84 1.0
to warm over
3.4
to warm up
85 1.6

Surface Forms

warm over infinitive
warmed over past
warmed over past participle
warming over present participle
warms over third person singular

Morphology

warm + over

The meaning 'to heat food again' is compositionally derived from 'warm' (to heat) plus 'over' functioning pragmatically like 'again' in phrasal-verb patterns (cf. do over, start over). This verb+over construction where 'over' signals repetition is common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings would readily infer 'reheat'.

Etymology

The phrasal verb warm over comes from cooking: when you take food that is already cooked and warm it over on the stove or in the oven, you are heating it again. That's why it means 'to heat food again'.