warm

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Adjective

1. Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
   • The tea is still warm.
   • This is a very warm room.
2. Friendly and with affection.
   • We have a warm friendship.
3. Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
4. Close to a goal or correct answer.
   • Earlier you were way off, but now you're getting warmer.
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; prosperous.
9. Requiring arduous effort.

Verb

1. To make or keep warm.
2. To become warm, to heat up.
   • My socks are warming by the fire.
   • The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.
3. To favour increasingly. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with to]
   • He is warming to the idea.
   • Her classmates are gradually warming to her.
4. To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
5. To become ardent or animated.
   • The speaker warms as he proceeds.
6. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
7. To give emotional warmth to a person.
8. To beat or spank.
9. To scold or abuse verbally.
10. To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.
11. To send electronic mail from (a domain) to improve its reputation for mail sending.

Noun

1. The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
   • Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?

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