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Meaning of warm

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warm

Pronunciation:/wɔːm//wɔɹm/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.

    Example: The tea is still warm.

  2. Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.

    Example: We have a warm friendship.

  3. Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.

  4. Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.

warm

Pronunciation:/wɔːm//wɔɹm/

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.

    Example: Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?

verb

Definitions

  1. To make or keep warm.

  2. To become warm, to heat up.

    Example: My socks are warming by the fire.

  3. To favour increasingly.

    Example: He is warming to the idea.

  4. To become ardent or animated.

    Example: The speaker warms as he proceeds.