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Warm   /wɔrm/   Listen
adjective
Warm  adj.  (compar. warmer; superl. warmest)  
1.
Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. "Whose blood is warm within." "Warm and still is the summer night."
2.
Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
3.
Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
4.
Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. "Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!" "Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart." "I had been none of the warmest of partisans."
5.
Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate. "Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't."
6.
Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. (Colloq.) "Warm householders, every one of them." "You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him."
7.
In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. (Colloq.)
8.
(Paint.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.
Synonyms: Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.


verb
Warm  v. t.  (past & past part. warmed; pres. part. warming)  
1.
To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. "Then shall it (an ash tree) be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself." "Enough to warm, but not enough to burn."
2.
To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven. "I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings." "Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed."


Warm  v. i.  
1.
To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer. "There shall not be a coal to warm at."
2.
To become ardent or animated.


noun
Warm  n.  The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating. (Colloq.)





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"Warm" Quotes from Famous Books



... that sickening office?—To face the strangled corpse, yet warm; to lift the fearful burden in his arms, and order out the heavily-yielding limbs in the ease of an innocent sleep? To arrange the bed, smooth down the tumbled coverlid, set every thing straight about the room, and erase all tokens of that dread encounter? ...
— The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper • Martin Farquhar Tupper
... however, that a large proportion of women would give themselves to the same employments as now, because there are circumstances that must lead them. Mothers will delight to make the nest soft and warm. Nature would take care of that; no need to clip the wings of any bird that wants to soar and sing, or finds in itself the strength of pinion for a migratory flight unusual to its kind. The difference would ...
— Woman in the Ninteenth Century - and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition - and Duties, of Woman. • Margaret Fuller Ossoli
... to awaken When the first sun rays warm thy blue-veined breast, Smiling and all unknowing I have taken The poppied drink ...
— Last Poems • Laurence Hope
... flight down the street. When Katada Tatewaki, accompanied by his men, at last broke down the stout resistance offered by the outer door of Tamiya he found the house empty, except for the dead body of O'Hana, lying in its pool of blood. She was still warm. He took it for mere murder, giving more urgent directions for immediate pursuit. Methodically he searched the house, down to the very rubbish pile. The seal of Tamiya was secured. This meant much. With sceptical smile he handled the broken bamboo stick found in a closet. He did not show ...
— The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari - Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) • James S. De Benneville
... slender columns. Beyond are the remains of the refectory, and the room of audience—the only place where, according to the strict rules of the order, the monks were permitted to converse; and here also was the warm-room, kitchen, and lavatory. On the same side are remains of a string of offices for novices, and for scribes employed in multiplying copies of the Scriptures ...
— Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway - Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line from - Worcester to Shrewsbury • J. Randall


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