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to keep warm

to keep warm

23 1.0
To stop yourself from getting cold
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : abrigarse
  • On chilly nights, we huddle together under blankets to keep warm.
  • need to keep warm

So that's how Wim is able to keep warm.

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Examples

  • - Just stay in bed, honey, and keep warm.

    A Home of Our Own (1993)

  • Our little band went into the night, and we told ourselves stories to keep warm.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Uh, we were probably just trying to keep warm, man, you know?

    Fat Camp (2017)

  • We stay inside, we keep warm, and we wait it out.

    The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

  • Do you know how we keep warm in Russia?

    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

  • Tom, keep warm, all right?

    Devotion (2022)

  • The hill was cold that day, and they huddled close to keep warm.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Soldiers are gathered around a campfire in the snow, trying to keep warm.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Well, they're just tryin' keep warm, Vogel, like you and me.

    I Walk the Line (1970)

  • The sparrows tried to keep warm by fluffing up their feathers until they resembled small balls of down.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

to wrap up
vsto keep warm
9 2.8

Put on warm clothes to keep warm in cold weather

is the general act of preventing cold, not only using clothing
to dress warmly
vsto keep warm
3 1.0

Put on warm clothes to stay warm in cold weather

is the general action of preventing cold, not limited to clothing
to stay cozy
vsto keep warm
  • Informal
1 2.0

Be warm and comfortable at home

is about preventing cold in any setting rather than indoor comfort

Antonyms

to chill
84 1.0

To make food or drink cold, often in the fridge

to cool down
28 1.1

Become less hot or make something less hot

How Warm

to bundle up
5 2.4
to keep warm
23 1.0
to warm up
85 1.6

Surface Forms

keep warm infinitive
keeping warm present participle
keeps warm third person singular
kept warm past
kept warm past participle

Morphology

keep + warm

The meaning 'to prevent yourself from becoming cold; to maintain body heat' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'keep' (to maintain or retain) with 'warm' (at a comfortable/higher temperature). This is a regular compositional pattern and is predictable for a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

Keep warm comes from the simple image of holding heat close: to keep something warm is to stop its heat from leaving. That's why it means 'to prevent yourself from getting cold'.