warmer
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(wôrm)adj.warm·er,warm·est
1. Somewhat hotter than temperate; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat; moderately hot:a warm climate.
2. Having the natural heat of living beings:a warm body.
3. Preserving or imparting heat:a warm jacket.
4. Having or causing a sensation of unusually high body heat, as from exercise or hard work; overheated.
5. Marked by enthusiasm; ardent:warm support.
6. Characterized by liveliness, excitement, or disagreement; heated:a warm debate.
7. Marked by or revealing friendliness or sincerity; cordial:warm greetings.
8. Loving; passionate:a warm embrace.
9. Excitable, impetuous, or quick to be aroused:a warm temper.
10. Predominantly red or yellow in tone:a warm sunset.
11. Recently made; fresh:a warm trail.
12. Close to discovering, guessing, or finding something, as in certain games.
13.Informal Uncomfortable because of danger or annoyance:Things are warm for the bookies.
v.warmed,warm·ing,warms
v.tr.
1. To raise slightly in temperature; make warm:warmed the rolls a bit more; warm up the house.
2. To make zealous or ardent; enliven.
3. To fill with pleasant emotions:We were warmed by the sight of home.
v.intr.
1. To become warm:The rolls are warming in the oven.
2. To become ardent, enthusiastic, or animated:began to warm to the subject.
3. To become kindly disposed or friendly:She felt the audience warming to her.
n.Informal
Phrasal Verb: A warming or heating.
warm up
1. To prepare for an athletic event by exercising, stretching, or practicing for a short time beforehand.
2. To make or become ready for an event or operation.
3. To make more enthusiastic, excited, or animated.
4. To approach a state of confrontation or violence.
[Middle English, from Old Englishwearm.]
warm′er n.
warm′ish adj.
warm′ly adv.
warm′ness n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() brasier,brazier - large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times convector - a space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection defroster,deicer - heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) demister - heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" gas heater - a heater that burns gas for heat heating pad,hot pad - heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad kerosene heater,kerosine heater,oil heater,oilstove - heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking radiator - heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings solar heater - a heater that makes direct use of solar energy space heater - heater consisting of a self-contained (usually portable) unit to warm a room stove - any heating apparatus |
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warmer
nfoot/bottlewarmer →Fuß-/Flaschenwärmerm
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And I said -- "She iswarmer than Dian: She rolls through an ether of sighs -- She revels in a region of sighs.
He placed a little pan over a footwarmer full of hot coals.
He emptied one tumbler after another and grewwarmer andwarmer and more and more comfortable.
Here now was a sample of it, for he had just been thinking that Rose had better defer her run till the wind went down and the sun waswarmer. But Aunt Myra spoke, and he could not resist the temptation to make light of her advice, and let Rose brave the cold.
For first, though he had sufficient foundation to flatter himself in what he had observed in Sophia, he was not yet free from doubt of misconstruing compassion, or at best, esteem, into awarmer regard.
He who believes in the creation of each species, will have to say that this shell, for instance, was created with bright colours for a warm sea; but that this other shell became bright-coloured by variation when it ranged intowarmer or shallower waters.
So, also, every one who has waded about the shores of the pond in summer must have perceived how muchwarmer the water is close to the shore, where only three or four inches deep, than a little distance out, and on the surface where it is deep, than near the bottom.
But more surprising is it to know, as has been proved by experiment, that the blood of a Polar whale iswarmer than that of a Borneo negro in summer.
There is nowarmer kinder-looking garment in the world.
Each day grows perceptiblywarmer. In the second dog-watch the sailors come on deck, stripped, and heave buckets of water upon one another from overside.
But their five years of official work together seemed to have put a barrier between them that cut offwarmer relations.
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