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单词 warm
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warmn.1

Brit. /wɔːm/, U.S. /wɔrm/
Etymology: < warm v.
Somewhat colloquial.
An act of warming or state of becoming warm. to give, get, have, take a warm.In the first quot.warmes is a mistake for walmes: see walm n. 3c.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] > a heating or warming
heatc1430
warm1768
warm-up1878
1655 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 2) x. 239 Boil it [sc. the malt] in the kettle (one or two warmes is enough).]
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 70 This morning's raw, gin ye've a' night been out, That ye wad thole a warm, I mak na doubt.
1800 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1801) 4 6 The dark and dreary night, the dreadful storm Drove me unwillingly to get a warm.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. i. 4 The surgeon had been sitting with his face turned towards the fire, giving the palms of his hands a warm and a rub alternately.
1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol ii. 89 Sit ye down before the fire, my dear, and have a warm.
1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing viii. 45 If, after washing a patient, you must put the same night-dress on him again, always give it a preliminary warm at the fire.
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. ii. 24 When I..was taking a final warm in the chimney corner before being sent up to bed.
1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 120 I made a fire, and..had a good warm.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

warmadj.n.2

Brit. /wɔːm/, U.S. /wɔrm/
Forms: Old English wearm, Middle English wærm, Middle English Orm. warrm, Middle English–1600s warme, Middle English– warm.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English wearm = Old Frisian warm (modern West Frisian waerm, North Frisian wārəm), Middle Dutch, Dutch warm, Old Saxon warm (Middle Low German war(e)m, Low German warm), Old High German war(a)m (Middle High German, German warm), Old Norse varmr (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish varm), Gothic warm- in warmjan to warm, cherish < Germanic *warmo-, also *werm- (in Old Norse verme weak masculine warmth, Old High German wirma, Middle High German wirm(e) feminine warmth).The further relationship of this word is somewhat doubtful. In spite of certain difficulties it is probably to be identified with Indogermanic *gwhormo- , or *gwhermo- found in Sanskrit gharmá heat, Avestan garəma- hot, Greek θερμός hot, Latin formus warm, Old Prussian gorme heat, Albanian zjarm heat, Armenian yerm warm, derivatives of *gwher- with a radical sense of heat. For another possible example of initial w in Germanic < *gwh or *ghw see wild adj. Compare also the similar phonetic phenomena in Latin whereby older gw gave g before ū and consonants, v before other vowels (e.g. gurgēs, vorāre). Some scholars have referred the word to a root *wer- found in Lithuanian vìrti to cook (transitive), Old Church Slavonic vrĕti to boil, cook (intransitive), variti to cook (transitive), varŭ hot. The primary sense of this root, however, seems to be rather ‘to well up, bubble’ than ‘to be hot’; compare Lithuanian versm a spring. The root is confined to the Balto-Slavonic languages, and in them has no derivative corresponding in sense and suffix to the Germanic adjective, which on the other view represents a widespread Indogermanic formation.
A. adj.
1. Having a fairly high temperature; affording or giving out a considerable degree of heat (less than that indicated by hot).
a. of natural agencies and things, as the weather, air, climate, soil. out of God's (Christ's) blessing into the warm sun: see god n. and int. Phrases 2e.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [adjective]
warmc888
hotOE
tropic1764
tropical1788
subtropical1829
shirtsleeve1877
Thermidorian1891
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxiii. §5 Sie lyft..is ægþer ge ceald ge wæt ge wearm.
a1000 Boeth. Metr. xi. 61 Sumor æfter cymeð, wearm gewideru.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 622 Þar inne ic habbe god ihold A wintre warm a sumere cold.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 410 Is no weder warmer þan after watery cloudes.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 219 In spryngyne of the mone is best to sowe, In dayis warm.
1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Hiij To leappe out of the halle, into the kytchyn, or out of Chrystis blessynge in to a warme sonne.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 46 [Rain falls] sum tyme in soft & varme schouris.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 34 Pease..must be sowen in warme groundes.
1727 E. Laurence Duty of Steward 75 On a warm soil well shelter'd with Trees and Hills.
1751 T. Gray Elegy xxii. 9 The warm precincts of the chearful day.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 347 The prisoners of congelation..waiting the approach of a warmer sun, to restore them at once to life and liberty.
1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (1853) 35 England is much warmer in winter than central Germany, which lies south of England.
1854 Poultry Chron. 1 249 We..stand much in need of warm weather, and especially, warm nights for the young poultry.
1915 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 467 A warm south wind was melting the fall [of snow].
b. of other things, typically with reference to artificial heating.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > warm
lewc1000
warmc1385
warmlyc1470
uncooled1513
calid1599
calent1607
warmful?1611
calorous1737
flannel1764
muggy1820
chilled1882
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [adjective] > affording warmth
warmc1385
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 914 His swerd sche tok a-swythe That warm was of hire louys blod & hot.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 119v In winter, your stable should rather be warme, then hot.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. i. 6 Whil'st yet with Parthian blood thy Sword is warme . View more context for this quotation
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 29 They..carried him before a warme fire to bring him to himselfe.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 547 They rake the yet warm Ashes, from below.
1741 M. Grindal (title) Warm Beer, a Treatise proving..that Beer so qualify'd, is far more wholesome than that which is drank Cold... With a full Confutation of all the Objections..against Drink being used Warm.
1764 R. Whytt Observ. Nervous Disorders (1767) 434 The warm bath affects the nerves with an agreeable sensation, removes spasms in the small vessels, [etc.].
1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 37 Promise me to take a little something warm before you go to bed.
1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. vii. 122 Our houses are more warm and air-tight than those of that day.
1871 A. Meadows Man. Midwifery (ed. 2) 339 Warm poultices should also be kept over the abdomen.
c. figurative. to keep a seat or place warm: to occupy it temporarily for another who is not yet qualified to hold it. (Cf. warming-pan n. 3c.)
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society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as delegate or deputy [verb (intransitive)] > temporarily > for one who is not yet ready
to keep a seat or place warm1845
1845 D. Jerrold St. Giles (1851) vi. 55 Of course, the borough will be kept warm for the young gentleman... He may count upon my vote.
1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. viii. 216 Before the Cranworths had determined who should keep the seat warm till the eldest son came of age.
2.
a. Of the body, the blood, etc.: Having the degree of heat natural to the living organism.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > temperature and regulation > [adjective] > normal temperature
warmOE
normothermic1949
OE Riddle 4 7 Wearm lim gebundenne bæg hwilum bersteð.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10146 Forrþi þatt itt [the tunic] iss neh þe lich & haldeþþ warrm þe mare.
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 36 Þe blode was boþe warme & fresh, þat of þe schankes lete.
c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 119 Though I him wrye a-nyght and make hym warm.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. Fivv Ye are wyie enough..yf ye kepe ye warme.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 277 A fur'd gowne to keepe him warme . View more context for this quotation
1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires vi. 77 For me, my warmer Constitution wants More cold, than our Ligurian Winter grants.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 260 Go you, whose Blood runs warm in ev'ry Vein.
1757 T. Gray Ode I i. iii, in Odes 7 O'er her warm cheek, and rising bosom.
1855 Poultry Chron. 3 398 New milk, warm from the cow.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 21 At the least warm touch of hand.
1919 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 644/2 I found the carcase of a hartebeeste still warm.
figurative.1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 9 Then Marble soften'd into life grew warm.
b. Of persons: Glowing with exertion or exercise, with eating and drinking, etc.; often with mixture of one of the senses A. 10 – A. 12. Of exercise: Strenuous enough to raise one's temperature.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > warm > of persons or exertion
warm1609
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vii. 2 I am not warme yet, let vs fight againe. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iii. i. 28 And Fighting gains us but to dye more warm.
1746 P. Francis tr. Horace Art of Poetry 322 A lawless Croud, with Wine and Feasting warm.
1753 J. Collier Ess. Art of Tormenting i. ii. 61 For although it is noble sport to have a girl of sense to work upon, yet 'tis warm exercise.
1770 Ann. Reg. 1769 25 There is nothing that an army will not attempt or endure for a general who keeps the soldiers warm in continual action.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxviii. 132 'Twas well, indeed, when warm with wine, To pledge them with a kindly tear. View more context for this quotation
1900 Pall Mall Mag. May 43 I was warm from my company, and was propelled by an abundant flow of vitality.
c. Applied to tears.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > warm > of tears
warm1377
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 187 And with warme water at his eyghen wasshen hem after.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 196/1 Thenne she..prayed god wyth warme teerys to helpe hyr.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iii. i. 20 In winter with warme teares Ile melt the snow. View more context for this quotation
1648 Bp. J. Hall Select Thoughts 221 But if..we shall suffer our selves to be drawn away into some heinous wickedness, it must cost warm water to recover us.
d. Of a kiss, embrace (combining the literal idea of bodily warmth with that of affection).
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the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [adjective] > (of an embrace) warm
warm1594
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. iii. 152 Oh take this warme kisse on thy pale cold lips.
a1764 R. Lloyd Whim Give me the man..Who..Can meet him with a warm embrace.
1822 M. A. Kelty Osmond I. 29 Imprinting on it another fond warm kiss.
1866 A. Trollope Claverings iv With the kiss of the dear, modest, affectionate girl still warm upon his lips.
e. = warm-blooded adj. rare.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > temperature and regulation > [adjective] > normal temperature > warm-blooded
hot-blooded1789
warm1793
warm-blooded1793
1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 242 The ordinary temperature of the blood of warm animals.
3. Of clothing, or the natural integument of animals: Made of material which retains heat in the body.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials
warm?c1225
furredc1325
russet1390
imperial purple1577
furry1691
kidden1714
Shetland1790
pepper-and-salt1792
dreadnought1798
cilice1812
moleskin1836
nainsook1852
lingeriea1865
pepper-salt1882
Milanese1897
ramie1906
pinstripe1935
stranded1935
Day-Glo1949
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 307 Bute hit [i.e. your clothes] beo unorne. warm & wel iwracht.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 23090 (MED) Of nakidhed quen I drow harme, Ye gaf me cleþing þat was warme.
a1450 Mirk's Festial 39/36 Hit wer almes forto ȝeue ȝondyr pore man warmer cloþes þen he haþe.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxxvii. 17 And how thy clothes are warme, when the londe is still thorow the south wynde?
1653 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1904) I. 547 Here is now some cold snowie weather approaching, which incites mee to putt on warmer cloths.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 39 These are generally cloathed with a warmer coat of feathers.
1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. xi. 221 Would that I had brought warmer garments.
1917 H. Gibson Diplom. Diary 259 Mrs. Whitlock..is busy getting warm clothing for the poor.
4. Of a drug or edible: Producing a sensation of heat in the body.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > high or low temperature > [adjective] > high temperature > causing
inflammatory1733
warm1737
pyretic1850
pyrogenetic1871
1737 J. Stevenson in Med. Ess. IV. 387 Common Practice bids us..give warm, generous Medicines, Alexipharmicks, and all of that Tribe that heats, stimulates and forces Sweat.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 211 A pretty free dose of turpentine, or some of the warmer balsams.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 689 Its seed-pods..make a warm aromatic pickle.
5. Of a scent or trail: Fresh, strong.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > descriptive of odours
stithc1000
violenta1398
hot1595
valiant1607
warm1720
gamey1820
weak1854
blazing1875
1720 J. Gay Rural Sports ii, in Poems I. 20 The scent grows warm; he stops; he springs the prey.
1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports 211/2 As the scent grew warmer, the certainty of finding was confirmed.
6. Of the person chosen to seek or guess, in children's games: Being near the object sought; being on the verge of finding or guessing. Also figurative.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > approximating or approaching
approximant1641
approximate1646
proximate1657
near1685
proximal1727
nudging1796
warm1860
approaching1874
1860 All Year Round 4 Feb. 339/2 Here I get ‘warm’, as children say.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vi. 53 He's warm... He's precious warm. He's close.
1893 Nation (N.Y.) 24 Aug. 139/3 Showing how the author was ‘warm’, and passed without seeing it very near to the object of his search.
†7. Comfortable, comfortably settled (in a seat, throne, office); securely established in (possession of). Also, with converse construction, to feel the crown warm upon one's head. Obsolete.
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c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1630 Be not to rakel þough þou sitte warme.
c1450 How Wise Man tauȝt Sonne (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 51 If þou be weel at eese, And warme amonge þi neiȝboris sitte.
1601 W. Watson Important Considerations (1675) 55 Her Highness had scarcely felt the Crown warm upon her head, but it was challenged from her.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. vi. sig. F2v A Gentleman, newly, warme in' his land. View more context for this quotation
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xvii. §4. 481 The Philistims hearing that Dauid was now anointed king..thought to try him in the beginning, before hee was fully warme in his seat.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 126 The conquering King was scarce warm in his Throne when as the Pope demanded fealty of him for the Crown of England.
a1670 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 129 A. W. seemed very sorry at this news, because he was well and warme where he was.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 47 Before he was quite warm in Winchester, he fell into the King's displeasure.
1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) vii. iii. 392 Scarcely had the worthy Mynheer Beekman got warm in the seat of authority on the South River, than enemies began to spring up all around him.
8. Comfortably off, well to do; rich, affluent. Now chiefly colloquial.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off
wellc1405
sufficient1436
full?1483
suffisant1484
beina1525
warmc1571
well-breeched1571
meaned1605
well-meaned1605
well-lined1611
substanced?1614
well-circumstanced1643
forehanded1658
uppish1678
easy1701
brownstone1780
forehand1784
solid1788
well-to-do1794
snug1801
strong farmer1802
well-fixed1822
unindigent1830
well off1842
fixed1844
comfortably offc1850
heeled1871
well-heeled1871
well in1888
independent1893
c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. ix. 125 But yow are well and warme, and so holde yow.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 1v But I must playe the farmer, & yet no whit the warmer.
a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 118 All things seeme to fall out alike, to the one and to the other: nay, the wicked seeme to be the warmer, and to haue a greater portion in this life.
a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) i. sig. Bv You are warm, and blest with a fair Wife.
1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle i. 2 Your warm fellows are so far above the sense of our Misery, that they can't pitty us.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 450. §2 For who does not know or imagine the Comforts of being warm or living at Ease?
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. xiv. 273 ‘Tho' I am but a Curate,’ says Trulliber, ‘I believe I am as warm as the Vicar himself.’ View more context for this quotation
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvi. 164 They who had warm fortunes were always sure of getting good husbands.
1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 74 These farmers, and their warm, comfortable families, are of great consequence to the well being of agriculture itself.
1834 T. B. Macaulay in Life & Lett. (1880) I. 381 A warm man; a fellow who will cut up well.
1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch xxviii He is about the warmest man in our part of the country.
1908 J. S. Fletcher Mothers in Israel 304 With the serene consciousness of his value as a warm man.
1920 Guardian 5 Nov. 1034/4 In 1836 he was presented..to the very snug vicarage of Cheddar, and a year later he took to himself the still warmer benefice of Wiveliscombe.
9.
a. Of fighting, conflict, an onset: Vigorously conducted; pressing hard on or harassing the foe; also figurative. Of a combatant: Dangerous to tackle. Of a locality: Dangerous to live in, inhabited by turbulent spirits. warm work, hot fighting. to make it (or things) warm for (a person): to attack or ‘go for’ him, to involve in hostilities or broils.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > carried out or proceeding with vigour
stiffc1250
busyc1275
greatc1275
sternc1275
smart?a1400
stark1489
thronga1525
vigorous1524
stout1582
intensive1605
spiritful?1611
warm1627
intense1645
mettlesome1645
spirited1670
mettled1682
sturdy1697
energetic1700
vivid1702
robustful1800
toughish1840
lively1844
full out1920
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective]
plightlyOE
wothea1300
perilousc1300
wickeda1375
plightfula1400
dreadfulc1400
parlous?a1425
shrewd1482
danger1488
dangerous1490
periculous1533
dangerful1548
dangersome1567
craggy1582
perilsome1593
endangering1601
unsafe1621
imperilous1645
ugly1654
warm1726
neck-break1756
wanchancy1768
uncanny1785
unchancy1786
nasty1828
unhealthy1915
windy1919
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > carried out or proceeding with vigour > in which intense action goes on
warm1726
hot1845
sultry1880
society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > vigorous
warm work1760
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > make a place dangerous for
to make it (or things) warm for (a person)1793
hot1920
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > carry on (a contest, fight, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > involve in contention or strife
to make it (or things) warm for (a person)1874
1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. C2 The Sweat, a vessell of warme imployment or hot seruice.
1667 E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. (Camden) 53 You may easily imagine this does give us a warme alarum.
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 78 They had from the Camp of Shaddai such frequent, warm, and terrifying alarms. View more context for this quotation
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World iv. 163 I..saw the Mercury standing out of the bay, by which I judged the ship was too warm for her.
1759 R. Rogers Jrnls. (1769) 119 The Canadians and Indians..were soon stopped by a warm fire from the Rangers and Mohocks.
1760 Cautions & Advices to Officers of Army 182 If we had [been discovered], they might have made warm Work of it.
1793 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1891) XII. 380 If he should be detected in any knavish pranks I will make the country too warm for him to remain in.
1813 R. Southey Life Nelson II. ix. 255 Nelson then smiled, and said, ‘This is too warm work, Hardy, to last long.’
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. v. 527 The action..was close, warm, and general.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vi. 111 This being warmer work than they had calculated upon, speedily cooled the courage of the belligerents.
1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church iii. 28 In his Second Epistle to Timothy..there are many traces of a warm persecution.
1874 ‘Max Adeler’ Out of Hurly-burly xv. (Rtldg.) 208 The bishop saw clearly enough that if he gave presents to the other children, and not to the late Simpson's, the bride would make things warm for him.
1884 Good Words June 399/1 The ‘habituals’..are, as a body, congregated together in one particularly warm little street... Outsiders do not care to venture into this warm spot.
b. a warm reception: a vigorous onslaught or resistance; a demonstration of hostile feeling.The phrase probably belonged originally to sense A. 12c, in which it is still current.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance > demonstration of resistance
a warm reception1702
1702 London Gaz. No. 3808/7 The Imperial Forces were in so good a Posture, that the French would meet with a warm Reception.
1737 S. Berington Mem. G. di Lucca 39 We thought, by that warm Reception, they would have given us over.
1841 G. P. R. James Brigand xxvi We must give him [the rival] a warm reception.
10.
a. Of persons, party-feeling, controversy, etc.: Ardent, zealous, keen; eager, excited, heated. Const. for, upon.Very common in the 17th and 18th centuries; now somewhat rare.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > [adjective]
fevering?a1200
upreareda1382
warm1390
amoveda1400
entalented1402
stirred1483
intoxicatea1533
roused1575
vibrant1575
waked1581
irritated1595
uproused1597
gunpowdered1604
concitated1652
exagitated1659
animated1660
upstirreda1666
instinct1667
hot-headed1679
flushed1749
abubble1766
agig1767
fermentitious1807
suscitated1811
effervescent1833
effervescing1837
quick1837
galvanized1843
ginger beery1849
excited1855
ablaze1859
het1862
effervescible1866
thrilly1893
piqued1902
all of a doodah1915
hopped-up1923
adrenalized1935
volted1936
hyped1938
spooked up1939
twitterpated1942
up1942
jazzed1955
psyched1963
amped1967
plugged-in1967
torqued1967
buzzy1978
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective]
hotOE
anguishous?c1225
fire-burningc1275
burninga1340
ardentc1374
warm1390
fervent14..
fieryc1430
fired1561
feverous1576
glowinga1577
fervorous1602
ferventeda1627
tropica1631
torrid1646
fervid1656
candenta1687
ardurousa1770
tropical1795
aestuous1844
thermal1866
thermonous1888
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 230 Yong conseil, which is to warm, Er men be war doth ofte harm.
1668 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Keeper in Wks. (1731) II. 99 Which I could not have known, if the Marquis were not a very warm Talker, and sometimes farther than he intended.
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 206 Then said the warm man, and true hearted Mr. Zeal-for-God, Cut them off. View more context for this quotation
1687 F. Atterbury Answer Considerations Spirit Luther 20 Yet the Pamphlet is very warm with Luther for impiously accusing the Religious of uncleanness.
1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 34 He is now very warm for them.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 228 So warm were the Men upon it, that they grew..clamorous.
1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 113 Smalcius, a warm Man, and who seldom knew any Bounds.
1742 E. Montagu Let. Nov. in E. J. Climenson Elizabeth Montagu (1906) I. 130 The Debates were very warm, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer was terribly roasted.
1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 59/2 The Counsel for the Prisoner speaking in a warm and improper manner to the Jury.
1797 E. Burke Three Mem. French Affairs 56 Of all men, the most dangerous is a warm, hot-headed, zealous Atheist.
1847 C. Dickens in J. Forster Life Dickens (1872) I. ii. 49 I never can forget, that my mother was warm for my being sent back.
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lviii. 251 A warm and even angry debate arose upon his present speech.
1874 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 169 Doting reasoners Who hugged some reasons with a preference, As warm Laertes did.
1883 D. C. Murray Hearts (1885) xix. 163 They..found the young man there in a state of warm indignation at the libellous paragraph.
b. Of the passions or disposition in general: Prone to excitement, ardent, impulsive; apt to disregard the voice of cool reason.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [adjective]
brothc1175
impetuous1398
headya1425
brainish1530
hot-brained1556
hot-headed1603
flashy1632
hot-reined1635
scapperboiling1673
warm1749
étourdi1750
torrentuous1840
impulsive1847
unpoised1872
torrential1877
Latin1914
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. xiii. 303 As Jones had the Vices of a warm Disposition, he was entirely free from those of a cold one. View more context for this quotation
a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) III. 50 They are just entering into the World..with lively Spirits and warm Passions to mislead them.
11. Hot-tempered, angry.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective]
irrec825
gramec893
wemodc897
wrothc950
bolghenc1000
gramelyc1000
hotOE
on fireOE
brathc1175
moodyc1175
to-bollenc1175
wrethfulc1175
wraw?c1225
agrameda1300
wrathfula1300
agremedc1300
hastivec1300
irousa1340
wretheda1340
aniredc1350
felonc1374
angryc1380
upreareda1382
jealous1382
crousea1400
grieveda1400
irefula1400
mada1400
teena1400
wraweda1400
wretthy14..
angryc1405
errevousa1420
wrothy1422
angereda1425
passionatec1425
fumous1430
tangylc1440
heavy1452
fire angry1490
wrothsomea1529
angerful?1533
wrothful?1534
wrath1535
provoked1538
warm1547
vibrant1575
chauffe1582
fuming1582
enfeloned1596
incensed1597
choleric1598
inflameda1600
raiseda1600
exasperate1601
angried1609
exasperated1611
dispassionate1635
bristlinga1639
peltish1648
sultry1671
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
nangry1681
ugly1687
sorea1694
glimflashy1699
enraged1732
spunky1809
cholerous1822
kwaai1827
wrathy1828
angersome1834
outraged1836
irate1838
vex1843
raring1845
waxy1853
stiff1856
scotty1867
bristly1872
hot under the collar1879
black angry1894
spitfire1894
passionful1901
ignorant1913
hairy1914
snaky1919
steamed1923
uptight1934
broigus1937
lemony1941
ripped1941
pissed1943
crooked1945
teed off1955
ticked off1959
ripe1966
torqued1967
bummed1970
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [adjective] > irascible (of person)
hotOE
wooda1250
hastivec1300
irous1303
hastya1350
angrya1387
melancholiousa1393
quicka1400
irefulc1400
melancholyc1450
turnec1480
iracundiousa1492
passionatea1500
fumish1523
irascible1530
wrothful1535
fierya1540
warm1547
choleric1556
hot at hand1558
waspish1566
incensive1570
bilious1571
splenative1593
hot-livered1599
short1599
spitfire1600
warm-tempered1605
temperless1614
sulphurous1616
angryable1662
huffy1680
hastish1749
peppery1778
quick-tempered1792
inflammable1800
hair-triggered1806
gingery1807
spunky1809
iracund1821
irascid1823
wrathy1828
frenzy1859
gunpowdery1868
gunpowderous1870
tempersome1875
exacerbescent1889
tempery1905
lightningy1906
temperish1925
short-fused1979
1547 Queen Catherine Parr in S. Haynes Coll. State Papers Ld. Burgley (1740) 61 My Lord your Brother hathe thys Afternone a lyttell made me warme. Yt was fortunate we war so muche dystant, for I suppose els I schulde have bytten hym.
1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades ix. 168 This warme and bitter wrath it grew of strife.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 440. ¶4 This insensibly grew into some warm Words.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 481. ¶3 They say he's a warm Man, and does not care to be made Mouths at.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 243 I..begun to be a little warm with him.
1822 J. Galt Provost xxxvii. 268 A fine bold rattling lad, warm in the temper.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 123 He was mortified and irritated by the tidings. He held warm and menacing language.
1855 D. Costello Stories from Screen 131 ‘It's an expression of mine when I'm angry.’ ‘You're warm,’ says he.
12.
a. Of the heart, feelings, etc.: Full of love, gratitude, approbation, etc.; very cordial or tender.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > abounding in love
loveful?c1225
warm1526
the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [adjective]
nesheOE
softc1175
mild-hearteda1200
fleshlyc1384
tendera1400
fleshy1526
warm1526
tender-hearted1539
meltingc1565
nice-hearted1571
soft-hearted1571
effeminate1594
tenderful1901
the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adjective] > characterized by warmth
heartlyc1390
warm-hearted?a1513
warm1526
blood-warm1833
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. EEEiiiiv The soule mylteth whan it waxeth warme in deuocion.
1570 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Morall Fabillis (Charteris) sig. Cv Quhen I behald ȝour fedderis fair and gent,..My hart is warme [?a1500 warmys].
1740 New Hist. Jamaica iv. 86 He had a warm Side to the Royal Party, and encouraged the loyal Sufferers.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. iii. 128 He was not yet free from Doubt of misconstruing Compassion, or, at best, Esteem, into a warmer Regard. View more context for this quotation
1822 M. A. Kelty Osmond I. 73 Her heart was warm in the cause of her young friend.
1828 T. B. Macaulay Hallam's Constit. Hist. in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 113 The conduct of Hampden in the affair of the ship-money met with the warm approbation of every respectable royalist in England.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 205 A very warm friendship soon sprung up between them.
1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 57 I was beginning to feel a warm interest in the people over the way.
1904 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2) II. 239 Her warm heart..made her welcome in every household.
b. with agent-noun or equivalent noun, as a warm friend, a warm supporter. Also of persons: Full of tenderness or affection.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adjective]
chisa700
lovewendeOE
lovingOE
lovelyOE
kinda1375
fond1539
fainingc1540
affectionate1576
affectioned1578
affectiousc1580
affectionateda1586
affecting1600
dear1609
affective1613
affectional1689
attached1734
aff1752
warm1765
lovey1920
1765 Museum Rusticum 4 314 A certain noble lord, a warm friend to every improvement in husbandry.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. ii. 10 Yet to those he loved, no one could be more open and warm.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iii. vii. 294 We should have thought that Lord Vargrave was her warmest admirer.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. i. 16 I have frequently heard this admitted, even by those who are its warmest advocates.
1863 C. Patmore Espousals vii, in Angel in House (ed. 3) I. 240 Others as chaste and warm there are.
1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon II. 379 They were now warm friends.
c. of utterances or manifestations.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adjective] > of words, letters, or utterances
affectuous1566
affectionate1576
affectionateda1586
warm1742
1742 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 277 I beg you would present my warmest thanks to my Lord Carteret.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 198 As you once had my warmest vows of constancy, you shall now have them repeated.
1782 W. Cowper Let. 30 Oct. (1981) II. 84 I received a Note from old Mr. Small which was more than civil, it was warm and friendly.
1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. vii. 96 Warm was his welcome to the haunts of men.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 206 He concluded by acknowledging in warm terms his obligations to the King of France.
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay ix. 133 She despatched a warm invitation.
13. Characterized by, of the nature of, prone to, sexual desire; amorous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective]
sensual?a1425
Venerian1448
venereal?a1475
venerial1531
venereous1542
venerious1542
venerous1562
Venerean1575
veneral1591
warm1593
fantastical1594
sexual1839
thermal1866
satyrish1876
Wife of Bath1926
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > full of sexual desire
fire-hotOE
hot?a1300
venereal?a1475
warm1897
hot pants1927
sexed-up1933
supersexual1961
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Ev The warme effects which she in him finds missing, She seekes to kindle with continuall kissing. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton Song: On May Morning in Poems 27 Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth, and warm desire.
1897 F. Marryat Blood of Vampire iv She's rather a warm customer, and if she takes a fancy to a man, 'e won't well know 'ow to get out of it.
14.
a. With reference to fancy and imagination, ideas, expectations, and the like: Ardent, lively, glowing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [adjective] > vehement or passionate (of desire)
ardentc1374
scaldingc1400
enrageda1586
fervorous1602
warm1668
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > tendency towards romance > [adjective] > characterized by rhapsody
warm1668
rhapsodical1703
rhapsodic1753
1668 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Idea Perfection Painting 49 Our Painters Idea was not, it seems, so warm.
1699 T. Allison Acct. Voy. Archangel 52 Notwithstanding it froze extream hard at this time, yet we had warm hopes of getting to Sea.
1702 Post Man 23–26 May 2/1 Yesterday there was a warm report that Her Majesty's Ship the Lenox..had attacked a Fleet of French Merchant Ships.
1748 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs in Medit. & Contempl. (ed. 4) I. 39 May We learn to renounce our own Will, and be ready to make a Sacrifice of our warmest Wishes.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella II. ii. viii. 458 Their imaginations were warm with the beauty and novelty of the scenes which met their eyes in the New World.
1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. v. 160 There is not one tender touch, not one warm stroke, on the whole façade.
1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 192 Bridferth has drawn a very warm picture of the scene from which the indignant abbot snatched the king.
b. Of imaginative composition: Indelicate in its appeal to sexual emotion.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective]
unhonest13..
inhonest1340
undecent1563
broad1579
nasty1601
indecent1613
paw1668
paw-paw1723
improper1739
unproper1797
fie-fie1812
warm1814
blue1818
indecorous1829
off-colour1875
sultry1887
suggestive1888
scorching1890
juicy1923
gamey1945
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xv. 295 I do not know the play, but as Maria says, if there is anything a little too warm..it can be easily left out. View more context for this quotation
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. vii. 95 And then he stumbled on rather a warm scene in an old Château in the South of France.
1831 W. Scott Count Robert x, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 310 He..avoided those warm descriptions which had given some offence to the Countess Brenhilda.
1846 Hints on Husband-catching 18 The most immoral doctrines, the warmest scenes.
15.
a. Of colour: Suggestive of warmth; said esp. of rich red or yellow, and tints mingled with these.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > warm or glowing
richa1586
glowing1712
warm1764
1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 8 The canvas glow'd beyond even Nature warm.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 752 Where a richer and warmer effect..is required, strong body colours must be employed.
1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 95 Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast.
1858 C. Kingsley Chalk-stream Stud. in Misc. (1860) I. iv. 198 The delicate yellow-green..fly, with its warm grey wings.
1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 320 If the tones of the picture are kept low.., and the reflected lights warm.
1892 Photogr. Ann. II. p. lv Prints can be made either of warm or cold tones.
1897 ‘S. Grand’ Beth Bk. xxxvii. 376 The walls were painted a pale warm pink.
b. qualifying an adjective of colour.
ΚΠ
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 59 The warm-blue breathings of a hidden hearth.
16. Of a bill: Exorbitant in its charges. colloquial.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > charges > [adjective] > exorbitant in charges
warm1892
1892 Daily News 20 July 5/4 He had expressed the opinion that a certain bill for stoves was ‘a warm one.’ ‘Excuse my ignorance,’ interrupted the Lord Chief Justice, ‘but what does “warm” mean?’
B. n.2
1.
a. That which is warm; a state, or sensation, of being warm; warmth. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > warmth or moderate heat
lewthc1000
warmnessc1000
warmthc1175
warma1250
lew1605
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 538 Hi beoþ houhful & wel arme And secheþ yorne to þen warme.
c1350 St. Christina 251 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 95 Of al þe fire scho felid no warm. Þan come scho furth with-outen harm.
1379 MS Gloucester Cathedral 19 No. 1. f. 9 b The more nere the sonne ys to vs the more hete or warme.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. xii. 16 A hait fyry power, warme, and dew.
a1547 Earl of Surrey Sonne hath Twise 7 The winters hurt recouers with the warm.
1839 A. Pike in Blackwood's Mag. 45 819 A pleasant warm is felt upon the sea.
b. in the warm: (of a solution, etc.) in a warm state.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [phrase] > in a warm state
in the warm1903
1903 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Mar. 654 The union of toxin and antitoxin occurs in fixed ratios, more rapidly in concentrated solution and in the warm.
c. in(to) the warm: indoors, out of the cold.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > out of the cold [phrase]
in(to) the warm1969
1969 F. Hurt Death in Mist vii. 74 I'll just put the spade away and then we can go into the warm.
1974 J. Aiken Midnight is Place viii. 231 I don't think Mr Oakapple is ready for more news until we have him sitting in the warm.
2. British (Service) warm, a warm short overcoat worn especially by officers of the army. Also without British (Service), and (rarely) attributive, as warm-coat.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > short
petticoatc1425
jump1654
jump-coat1660
coatee1848
haori1877
perisher1889
British (Service) warm1901
1901 Imp. Yeom., Rep. D.A.G. 15 May (1902) 123 The coat or jacket known as ‘British Service Warm,’ which is practically an overcoat made to wear over uniform, thick and warm.
1912 Blackwood's Mag. June 803/2 In a ‘British Warm’ and patched breeches.
1928 E. Blunden Undertones of War iii. 26 My warm-coat was not adequate.
1954 W. Faulkner Fable 114 His braces knotted about his waist under his open warm.
1958 Spectator 11 July 53/2 A florid gentleman in a military warm.

Compounds

C1. Parasynthetic.
warm-backed adj.
ΚΠ
1847 R. S. Surtees Hawbuck Grange iii An atmosphere warranting the warm-backed waistcoat.
warm-bosomed adj.
ΚΠ
1925 E. Blunden Eng. Poems 54 Warm-bosomed hawthorn stands in fruitful rest.
warm-coloured adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > warmly coloured
glowingc1400
well-hueda1500
warm-coloured1819
toasty1890
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 302 It was comfortably hung with a sort of warm-coloured worsted.
warm-complexioned adj.
ΚΠ
1761 A. Murphy All in Wrong ii. 28 A smooth faced, fiery eyed, warm-complexioned, taper young fellow.
warm-constitutioned adj.
ΚΠ
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 190 The warm-constitutioned young widows.
warm-gloved adj.
ΚΠ
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 512 Hobbledehoy, warmgloved,..stunned with spent snowballs, struggles to rise.
warm-seated adj.
ΚΠ
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 259 Sprawled, warmseated, Boylan impatience, ardentbold.
warm-tempered adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [adjective] > irascible (of person)
hotOE
wooda1250
hastivec1300
irous1303
hastya1350
angrya1387
melancholiousa1393
quicka1400
irefulc1400
melancholyc1450
turnec1480
iracundiousa1492
passionatea1500
fumish1523
irascible1530
wrothful1535
fierya1540
warm1547
choleric1556
hot at hand1558
waspish1566
incensive1570
bilious1571
splenative1593
hot-livered1599
short1599
spitfire1600
warm-tempered1605
temperless1614
sulphurous1616
angryable1662
huffy1680
hastish1749
peppery1778
quick-tempered1792
inflammable1800
hair-triggered1806
gingery1807
spunky1809
iracund1821
irascid1823
wrathy1828
frenzy1859
gunpowdery1868
gunpowderous1870
tempersome1875
exacerbescent1889
tempery1905
lightningy1906
temperish1925
short-fused1979
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 46 Warme-temp'red showers it sendeth in the Spring.
1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. vi. 244 The Ensign [was] more warm tempered, and wrong headed.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii*, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 207 I know Lady Ashton is a warm-tempered and prejudiced woman.
warm-veined adj.
ΚΠ
1943 D. Thomas New Poems 12 A man outside with a billhook,..The warm-veined double of Time.
C2.
warm bath n. a bath of warm water (often as a medical treatment).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > treatments by baths
warm bath1731
warm bathing1744
sea-bathing1749
sea-bath1785
balneotherapy1881
thalassotherapy1899
spa bath1974
1731 R. Porter in Med. Ess. (1737) III. 371 I resolved therefore to try what might be the Advantage of a warm Bath, by relaxing the Intestine, and opening the Passage.
1858 J. H. Walsh Man. Domest. Econ. 370 Action on the skin by means of the warm-bath or the vapour-bath.
warm bathing n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > treatments by baths
warm bath1731
warm bathing1744
sea-bathing1749
sea-bath1785
balneotherapy1881
thalassotherapy1899
spa bath1974
1744 J. Stevenson in Med. Ess. V. ii. 867 Warm Bathing, by relaxing and enlarging the Capacities of the Vessels, makes a Derivation of the Fluids into the Parts bathed.
1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 173 Hot fomentations and warm-bathing.
warm boot n. Computing a reloading or restart of an operating system, etc., without switching off the computer, esp. when changing programs; also as v. transitive, to reload in this way.
ΘΚΠ
society > computing and information technology > software > load system [verb (transitive)] > again
reboot1971
warm boot1980
society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > starting up computer > restarting
reboot1980
warm boot1980
1980 R. Zaks CP/M Handbk. with MP/M i. 22 This combination..produces a ‘warm start’ (or ‘warm boot’, or ‘system reboot’). A warm start essentially interrupts whatever the computer is doing and starts the operation system over again.
1980 R. Zaks CP/M Handbk. with MP/M i. 32 If you are only reading from a new diskette..a warm boot is not necessary to introduce the new diskette.
1981 Your Computer (Austral.) May–June 100/3 Warm boot, to reload the operating system a second or subsequent time.
1983 Your Computer (Austral.) May 21/1 After a program has run [on the Commodore 64], CP/M warm-boots—a process that takes about 30 seconds. Once a CP/M program is loaded, it runs just fine.
1983 Byte May 28/2 The Model 100..did not need extra time to load the text editor and the document file from the disk and later store the document on disk and reload CP/M (do a warm boot).
warm front n. Meteorology the forward boundary of a mass of advancing warm air.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > movements and pressure conditions > [noun] > uniform body of air > boundary of > specific
polar front1920
cold front1921
warm front1921
1921 J. Bjerknes & H. Solberg in Geofysiske Publikationer II. iii. 12 In the first case, the boundary line at the ground will be the front of advancing cold air, or, to introduce a shorter expression, a ‘cold front’. In the latter case, the boundary line will be the front of advancing warm air, or simply a ‘warm front’.
1969 A. G. Forsdyke Weather Guide 49 The rain belt ahead of a warm front is often 200 to 300 miles wide.
† warm head n. Obsolete a warm-headed person.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [noun] > impetuous person
flumbardingc1300
young blood1557
hothead1584
hot-brain1605
warm head1684
ram-stam1823
hot-skull1835
firecracker1852
cowboy1885
1684 Def. Resol. Case of Consc. conc. Symbolizing with Ch. Rome 32 By what figure do you call one Start-up Warm Head a new Generation?
warm-headed adj. having a heated fancy or excitable temperament.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective]
tickle1534
gunpowder1598
agitable1603
activable1606
thatched1606
excitable1609
powdery1611
incensible1614
hot-bloodeda1616
warm-headed1690
combustible1698
fermentable1731
intoxicablea1734
tindery1753
inflammable1800
pattypan1858
gunpowdery1868
gunpowderous1870
erethic1888
arousable1890
hyper1942
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. iv. 282 The advantage will be on the warm-headed Man's side, as having the more Ideas, and the more lively.
1749 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. II 63 Our rambling, warm-headed, itinerant Teachers.
warm-house n. a kind of hot-house.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > greenhouse or glass-house > hothouse
stow1614
hothouse1629
stove1697
hot wall1739
moist stove1806
tan-stove1828
warm-house1843
stove-house1860
1843 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 4 175 They may then be placed in the warm-house.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 8 Oct. 10/2 The tubers..were first planted in a warm-house.
warm with n. colloquial (spirits) mixed with hot water and sugar (cf. cold without n. at cold adj. Compounds 4).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > spirits and water > hot
toddy1741
tod1797
warm with1838
hot stopping1840
hot with1840
1838 Bentley's Misc. 4 575 A second tumbler of brandy and water, ‘warm with,’ stood exhaling its fragrance at my elbow.
1840 T. A. Trollope Summer in Brittany I. 213 They have some other object and enjoyment in life besides the consumption of ‘warm with’ or ‘cold without’.

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colloquial (chiefly U.S.). warm and fuzzy: (evoking feelings that are) amorphously sentimental, pleasant, or comforting; friendly, affectionate; cf. warm fuzzy n. at Additions.
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1892 N.Y. Times 8/3 (advt.) Eider down, some call it; it is warm, fuzzy flannel.
1938 N.Y. Times 27 Nov. 7/3 (advt.) A collarless jacket of warm and fuzzy ‘fur’ which is headed for new popularity with the cold weather.
1939 H. Miller Cosmological Eye 25 The heat of the afternoon drifts in through the cool studio; it puts a warm, fuzzy aura about Max's words.]
1984 Forbes (Nexis) 27 Feb. 64 ‘We want them to come in and sit down and talk with us. We pay in the sense of having operating..costs, but we've had a chance to schmooze with them or hug them or whatever.’.. Jacoby terms these touches ‘warm and fuzzy’.
1992 N.Y. Times 17 Aug. a7/2 In 1984, Ronald Reagan's warm and fuzzy ‘Morning in America’ commercials showed two men wiping down a fire engine in a small town on a sunny summer afternoon.
1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders xxvi. 344 ‘We can't stop this merger... So..we think of it as an opportunity to open a dialogue with the new country.’.. ‘That'll really make the Saudis feel warm and fuzzy,’ a voice objected.
2001 Sugar Feb. 98/2 You feel all warm and fuzzy inside and sleep with his piccie under your pillow.

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warm-and-fuzzy n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) = warm fuzzy n. at Additions; cf. warm and fuzzy at Additions.
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1990 N.Y. Times 26 Aug. xx. 24/4 (advt.) General's great low rates now come with the warm and fuzzies.
2002 U.S. News & World Rep. 21 Jan. 8/1 There is an election to worry about, and the post-September 11 warm and fuzzies are over.

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warm fuzzy n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) (a person who or thing which induces) a pleasant, comforting, or friendly feeling; usually in plural; cf. warm and fuzzy at Additions.
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1978 Acad. of Managem. Rev. 3 81/1 In her enthusiasm, she even reports a fantasy that AT&T should adopt the slogan ‘Ma Bell gives warm fuzzies’.
1994 Equinox June 38/3 When I think back on what this team has accomplished, I get a warm fuzzy. I know there's some good in the world, because I've been a part of it.
1999 A. Fulton Feeling as Foreign Lang. 20 Manufacturers..want the phrase ‘personal computers’ to trip off the collective tongue... ‘Personal’ infects computers with the warm fuzzies, a condition no appliance has had to bear before.
2000 Cosmopolitan (Cape Town) Oct. 103/2 I'm all for comfy [love]: sparks and magic are far less important over the long haul than support and the warm fuzzies.

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warm salad n. a salad containing one or more warm ingredients (often meat or fish).
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1927 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 30 Jan. A warm salad, or a salad entree, is also a substantial help to a slim dinner.
1982 Times 30 Oct. 8 Warm salad of chicken livers (£3.75).
2005 Olive Mar. 101/2 A kaleidoscope of balanced flavours from supremely gifted Paul Ripley: warm salad of tea-smoked mackerel with satsumas and Medjool dates.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

warmv.

/wɔːm/
Forms: Past tense and participle warmed /wɔːmd/. Forms: Old English werman, wærman, wirman, wyrman; wearmian; Middle English Orm. warrmenn, Middle English werme, wormie, Middle English–1600s warme, Middle English– warm.
Etymology: Two formations: (i) Old English (*wierman ), węrman , wirman , transitive = Old Saxon warmian (Middle Low German, (Middle) Dutch warmen ), Old High German warmen , wermen (Middle High German wermen , modern German wärmen ), Old Norse verma (Swedish värma , Danish varme ), Gothic warmjan < Old Germanic *warmjan ; (ii) Old English wearmian intransitive = Old High German war(a)mên (Middle High German, early modern German warmen ) < Old Germanic type *warmǣjan ; both < Old Germanic *warmo- warm adj.
I. transitive. To make warm.
1.
a. To make (one's body, limbs, etc.) warm by approach to a fire, exposure to the sun's rays, exercise, clothing, etc.; to impart warmth to (a person or animal suffering from cold).
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] > warm a person or the body
warmc900
cheer?1440
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. xiv. 196 Se cyning þonne, forðon he of huntað cwom gestod æt þam fyre & hine wyrmde.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xviii. 14 Þa þegnas stodon æt þam gledon, & wyrmdon hig.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2711 To wasshenn hemm. to warrmenn hemm. To beddenn hemm. & frofrenn.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 8089 Nu þu scalt þe warmen [c1300 Otho wormie] þer.
c1275 Passion of our Lord 230 in Old Eng. Misc. 43 Peter stod..and wermede hym at the glede.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23090 O naked-hed quen i drogh arme, Yee gaf me clething me to warme.
1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 332 For no cold þat vs comeþ in oure kinde age, We ne faren to no fir our fingrus to warme.
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 431 Þan he oppynd þe dure & said vnto hym: And þou be a man, þou hase myster to hafe þe dure opynd, and to hafe meatt and warm þe.
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 84 Prayng hym that he wold brynge her in to some hous where she myghte warme and chauffe her wyth her chyld for he was nyhe ded for cold.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxxviiiv All the Ladyes entered the tentes, and there warmed them a space.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies ii. ix. 101 I felt so great cold, as I was forced to go into the sunne to warme me.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xix. 121 His hands must be their own fire, and warm themselves with working.
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 74 A group of fishermen sat warming themselves in the sun.
1831 W. Scott Count Robert ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 24 Think not I will once more warm in my bosom the household snake which had so nearly stung me to death.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xiv. 329 You little serpent, warmed by my fire.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 72 We rose..renewed the fire and warmed ourselves.
1902 R. Bagot Donna Diana i. 4 Shall we go to Aragno's on our way home and have some coffee to warm us?
absolute.1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xlvii. 14 There shall not be a coale to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. View more context for this quotation
b. Said of a fire, the sun, etc. Also absol.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] > warm a person or the body > of the fire, sun, etc.
warm1548
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV 216 b Whiche sight as much pleased the citizens, as a fier paynted on the wall, warmed the olde woman.
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. ix. 465 When they are colde, they goe to the fire, and not to the water to warme them, and can they not tell which doth warme and which dooth coole?
1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 265 All are but parts of one stupendous Whole..That..Warms in the Sun, refreshes in the Breeze.
c. To increase the animal heat of. In quot. 1610 absol.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > be hot [verb (intransitive)] > increase animal heat
warm1610
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. clxxiii. 483 It looseth and scattereth humors, warmeth and moisteneth.
d. Said of the blood.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] > warm a person or the body > of the blood
warm1760
1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xvii. 106 He was as honest a soul, added Trim, (pulling out his handkerchief) as ever blood warm'd.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 210 For I have sworn this braid to stain In the best blood that warms thy vein.
1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xxxi. 46 The blood that warms an English yeoman.
2. In various figurative uses.
a. To inspire with affection or kindly feelings; to cause to ‘glow’ with pleasure.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)]
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ywortheOE
queemeOE
likeOE
likeOE
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placentiate1694
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to shine up to1882
fancy-
the mind > emotion > love > affection > [verb] > inspire with affection or kindly feelings
warm1526
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. ZZZii It calefyeth and warmeth the hert of man or woman, with the flame of loue.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. Introd. Pref. sig. b1v Whilst pious Reflections are making, they are proper to Instruct the Mind, and Warm the Affections.
1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind I. 98 The effusions of a heart, warm'd with the tenderest affection.
1836 J. Grant Random Recoll. House of Lords xvi. 391 That eloquence which approves itself to the judgment, though it never warms the heart by appeals to the passions.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers lvi. 605 It will warm my heart to witness the happiness of those friends who are dearest to me.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xi. 172 The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 79 Once indeed, Warm'd with his wines, or taking pride in her, She look'd so sweet, he kiss'd her tenderly.
1905 C. G. Lang Th. Parables Jesus 16 When the example of a true man or woman warms the heart and fires the will.
absolute.1883 R. W. Dixon Mano i. viii. 21 Those lightsome words that warm like summer days.
b. To render eager or zealous; to rouse from indifference, esp. to put (an audience) into a receptive mood. Also absol. Now usually with up.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > be zealous for [verb (transitive)] > inspire with zeal or enthusiasm
zeal1549
warmc1580
to light up1712
enthuse1844
the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)]
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to touch up1796
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to key up1835
to steam up1909
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geek1984
c1580 J. Hooker Life Sir P. Carew (1857) 42 Sir Peter Carew was then present, and one unto whom, as they thought, the speeches were specially directed..and indeed, he being some~what warmed theirin, deviseth how to compass the matter.
1638 W. Davenant Madagascar 10 When honours warmes him, and his blood is young.
1706 Epistle after Battle Ramillies 106 in M. Prior Wks. (1907) II. 372 The rescu'd chief, by the past danger warm'd, Our weaken'd houshold with new fury storm'd.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 521. ⁋2 I had arrived at a particular Skill in warming a Man so far in his Narration, as to make him throw in a little of the Marvelous.
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War i. i, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 693 When he was warmed by this great success, he made an assault upon the garrison that was in the city.
1764 C. Churchill Gotham iii. 16 The Soul, with great and manly feelings warm'd, Panting for Knowledge, rests not till inform'd.
1765 E. Burke Let. in Corr. (1958) I. 180 I am not used to defend my conduct;..I have been warmed to it by the imputation you threw on me.
1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller (ed. 2) 20 Calm is my soul, nor apt to rise in arms, Except when fast approaching danger warms.
1857 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 308 Anne, who is so difficult to warm up to bare satisfaction point.
1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant xxiv. 236 I'll just go over there and warm up that House of Lords.
1923 N.Y. Times 14 Oct. viii. 4 Warming 'em up—Going on early as a sacrifice for the later acts.
1966 Guardian 28 Mar. 3/7 Mrs Bessie Braddock warmed up the meeting for him.
1974 Times 21 Jan. 12/8 In the studio..Llew Gardner, the chairman, warmed us up music-hall style and the three panellists appeared.
1982 N. Painting Reluctant Archer vii. 113 We might have warmed up his audience for him.
†c. To exhort to valour. (Often in Dryden and Pope.) Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > encourage or embolden [verb (transitive)]
hearteOE
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boldc1275
hardishc1325
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hearten?1556
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to hearten up1580
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reanimate1655
reinspirit1660
to give mettle to1689
warm1697
to lift (up) a person's spirits1711
reman1715
to make a man of1722
respirit1725
elate1726
to cocker up1762
enharden1779
nerve1799
boost1815
brace1816
high-mettle1831
braven1865
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1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 419 The Gods invok'd, the Rutuli prepare Their Arms, and warm each other to the War.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 461 The Queen her self,..With Cymbals toss'd her fainting Souldiers warms.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 653 First to the Fight his native Troops he warms.
d. Of drink: To excite, stimulate.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [verb (transitive)] > stimulate or excite
warm1617
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 3 When the common people are once warmed with drinke, they are apt to doe them injury.
1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Epodes xi. 12 When the gay Liquor warm'd my opening Soul.
†e. To provoke, excite (temper). Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (transitive)] > excite anger
achafea1400
warm1752
raise1786
1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1946 Keep your own temper, and artfully warm other people's.
3.
a. To make (a material object or substance) warm; to heat moderately; to ‘take the chill off’.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)]
lew971
anheatOE
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warmOE
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enchafec1374
eschaufec1374
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OE Riddle 12 10 Wonfeax Wale..wæteð in wætre, wyrmeð hwilum fægre to fyre.
c1000 in Assmann Ags. Hom. xi. 84 For ðy he cwæð be ðam colan wætere, ðæt nan man ne ðorfte hine beladian, ðæt he fæt næfde, on hwy he hit wyrman mihte.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1109 The laurer crowned Phebus with his hete Gan..To warmen of þe Est See þe wawes wete.
a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 40 Þe Iuyse of celidone y-medled wiþ vinegre and warmed at þe fire..quenchiþ wele þe wickid hete.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 771/2 You must warme your medecyne or you drinke it.
1577 R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 231v Before the Sunne hath warmed the ayre, and dissolued the Ise,..there can bee no saylyng.
1617 tr. H. Ronsovius De Valetudine Conseruanda 45 in J. Harington tr. Englismans Doctor (new ed.) In the Winter time warme well your garments at the fire, and warme the linings of the same.
17.. I. Watts Hymns (1751) ii. cxlvii. 259 E'er there was Rain to bless the Earth, Or Sun to warm the Ground.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery x. 121 Skim it, warm it Blood-warm, and drink it.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 168 In summer, they [sc. fish] are seen in great numbers in the shallows near the shore, where the sun has power to warm the water to the bottom.
1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xix The tea's cold; put it on the embers and warm it a bit.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles I. i. 10 You can get my slippers warmed, Jane.
1900 Jrnl. Soc. Dyers & Colourists 16 12 Powerful jets with water warmed by steam.
1907 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (ed. 6) 159 The negative should be slightly warmed.
†b. Said jocularly for: To occupy (one's bed).
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > put in bed or provide a bed for [verb (transitive)] > occupy one's bed
warm1602
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iii. ii. sig. Fv I thinke we shall not warme our beds to day.
c. to warm up (U.S. to warm over): to make warm again (cooked food that has become cold). Also (rarely) without adverb.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > reheat
to warm up1848
reheat1884
1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lix. 589 She requests to have that little bit of sweetbread that was left, warmed up for her supper.
1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 380 Another custom..was that of warming the remains of a preceding banquet for other guests.
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting iii. 68 We lived for three days on a most recommendable stew,..which appeared, warmed up fresh, at every meal.
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate iv Valerie went..to the kitchen to warm up an appetizing little dish prepared by the femme de ménage.
figurative.1876 Ld. Hartington in Ld. E. Fitzmaurice Earl Granville (1905) II. 167 All the old anti-Turk abuse was warmed up again.1878 O. W. Holmes John Lothrop Motley: Mem. xxi. 167 [The reply] took up the old exceptions, warmed them over into grievances.
d. To impart warmth of colour to.
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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > make warm
warm1853
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxv. 321 A peculiar purple, slightly warmed or bronzed at its margins.
1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley iii Not one glimmer of gold or auburn warmed the dull flaxen of her hair.
4. To heat (a building, a room) to a moderate temperature.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] > warm a building or room
warm1858
1858 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Philos.: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, & Heat (new ed.) 278 Warming buildings by hot water.
1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 200 A perfect method of warming churches has yet to be invented.
1915 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 345/1 The room was warmed by a brazier.
†5. To inaugurate (a new house) by a feast or entertainment. Obsolete. Cf. house-warming n. 2.
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society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [verb (transitive)] > entertain at house-warming > inaugurate by house-warming
warm1617
1617 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) II. 50 On Monday, to warm it [the renovated house], he made a great feast.
1661 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Restavrata (1674) 237 Sir Thomas Tresham..took possession of his place, which having scarce warmed, he was taken from it by the stroke of death.
1800 Gentleman's Mag. 70 ii. 786/2 The Prince, it is said, will be present at the first dinner that warms this room.
†6. to be well warmed: to be settled in (a residence, position of dignity or profit). Obsolete. Cf. warm adj. 7.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (intransitive)] > be or become established
morea1200
roota1382
to take roota1450
take1523
to take rooting1548
to be well warmed1565
seisin1568
to sit down1579
to come to stay1863
1565 W. Allen Def. & Declar. Doctr. Purgatory Pref. f. 15v Eare they be well warmed in theyre beneficyes.
1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. to Curat 79 Even before she was well warm'd on the Throne.
7.
†a. Military. To throw (an enemy) into commotion by a cannonade. to warm the field: to carry on a furious cannonade. Obsolete.Cf. French chauffer un poste, ‘le canonner vivement’ (Littré).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate artillery [verb (intransitive)] > discharge artillery > bombard
cannonade1637
to warm the field1705
barragea1917
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > bombard > confuse by bombardment
warm1705
1705 Addr. Blessington in London Gaz. No. 4089/2 The English warm'd the Field to that degree, that Thirty Squadrons..were forc'd to fly.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 196 Resolving to give him a Broad-Side that should warm him.
†b. Sporting. to warm up: to give (one's competitor) reason to fear defeat. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [verb (transitive)] > other actions or types of play
outshoot1545
football1599
pitch1717
make1819
to warm up1868
to draw out1893
bench1898
foot1900
cover1907
cannonball1911
telegraph1913
unsight1923
snap1951
to sit out1955
pike1956
to sit down1956
wrong-foot1960
blindside1968
sit1977
1868 Field 4 July 14/3 First Trinity rowed over for the trial heat, and in the final heat on the second day ‘warmed up’ University to some tune.
c. to warm the bell (see quots.). Nautical slang.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > reckoning of time > reckon or measure time [verb (intransitive)] > advance the time illegitimately
to flog the glass1769
to warm the bell1924
1924 G. H. A. Willis Royal Navy as I saw It 116 ‘To warm the bell’, meaning literally to strike the bell a minute or two before the exact time, was applied to circumstances in which to be in good time was meant.
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 300 Warming the bell, putting on the clock. Advancing the time illegitimately for some particular reason.
1956 H. W. Edwards Their Lawful Occasions xxiv. 130 ‘Ah! I see. All ready dressed for the shore,’ I said. ‘Warming the bell, eh?’
1976 P. Kemp Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea 924/2 To warm the bell... On board warships in the days of sail, time was measured by a half-hour sand-glass. Each time the sand ran through the glass was turned..and the appropriate number of bells struck. It was supposed..that if the glass was warmed the expansion of the neck would allow the sand to run through a little more quickly. Hence..eight bells and the return to one's hammock, would come gratifyingly earlier than it should.
8. dialect. To beat, flog.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat
threshOE
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tease1819
larrup1823
warm1824
haze1825
to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839
flake1841
swish1856
hide1875
triangle1879
to give (a person or thing) gyp1887
soak1892
to loosen (a person's) hide1902
1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ Warm, to beat. ‘I'll warm thy jerkin for the.’
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Warm, to beat. ‘Aw'l warm yor hide.’
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 122 Old Dorothy, whose hand has warmed my haffits before now.
1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green i. 6 You take out your strap and warm him!
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles I. xxi. 259 Won't Charlotte warm his back for him!
1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 95 Every Yorkshireman knows what warming a child means; perhaps not a few..by bitter experience.
1915 ‘Q’ in Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 102/2 To ‘warm’ a child in Polpier signifies to beat him with a strap.
II. intransitive. To become warm.
9.
a. Of a living body, a material thing or substance: To be raised in temperature.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > be hot [verb (intransitive)] > be warm > become warm
warmOE
calefy1646
lew-
OE Phoenix 213 Wyrta wearmiað, willsele stymeð swetum swæccum, þonne on swole byrneð þurh fyres feng fugel mid neste.
c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xxvi. 154 Caleo, ic wearmige.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4035 Wyndis wastid away, warmyt the ayre.
1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. O4 Thence to Cambridge, where the Muses Haunt the Vine-bush..Like sparks up a Chimney warming.
1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. 140 A large thermometer..may from the lapse of time necessary to allow of its proper change, occasion an alteration of temperature, by allowing the body tried to cool or warm.
1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. i. 12 Beth put a pair of slippers down to warm.
1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table i. 19 A cold day warming up to 32°.
1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xi Here's some damper and mutton..while tea warms.
1904 S. E. White Forest xiv The weather had warmed, the sun shone.
b. Of colour: To become ‘warmer’ or more ruddy.
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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (intransitive)] > become warm
warm1831
glow1888
1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus xv On a bright morning of July, when the grey of the sky was just beginning to warm with the rising day.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 8 June 8/1 His head and underparts are of a pearly grey that warms to a pinkish hue on the breast.
c. With up. Of a sportsman, etc.: to prepare oneself by light exercise or practice immediately before the start of a contest or other physical exertion.
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society > leisure > sport > training > train [verb (intransitive)] > prepare by prior exercise, etc.
warm1883
to warm down1954
1883 [implied in: Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 27 June 5 The players..began their practice play. This is called ‘warming up’. (at warming n. 1d)].
1926 Amer. Speech 1 369/2 Pitchers ‘warm up’ on a plot of grass called ‘the bull pen’.
1955 R. Bannister First Four Minutes 16 I was warming up on the uneven grass near the track.
1972 J. Mosedale Football viii. 118 Ed Neale..used to warm up for the game by breaking beer bottles across his forearm.
1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 35 Graeme Pollock again. Warming up with his first half century in 70 minutes and dashing to his century [in]..only 35 minutes.
d. With up. Of an engine, electrical appliance, etc.: to reach a temperature high enough for efficient working.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > reach working temperature [verb (intransitive)]
warm1947
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > be hot [verb (intransitive)] > be warm > become warm > of an engine, etc.: become warm enough
warm1947
1947 A. Ransome Great Northern? i. 24 There was a whirr from below as the engine started and a steady throbbing as it was warming up.
1955 A. Budrys in D. Knight 100 Years Sci. Fiction (1969) 255 Halsey's familiar figure appeared on the screen as the set warmed up.
1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose i. 18 He went to the transceiver and turned it on to warm up.
1972 Daily Tel. 12 Apr. 13/5 The engine warms up rapidly and performs eagerly.
10. Of a person, his heart, feelings, etc.: To become affectionate, kindly, or genial (to, towards a person).
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the mind > emotion > love > affection > [verb]
warmc1540
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3376 And I in longing am Laght & Lappit full sore, With hete of þi hegh loue, þat my hert warmys.
1779 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) I. 192 Mr. Thrale was..at first, cold and quiet, but soon..warmed into sociality.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian x, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 278 I judged that..your Grace's heart wad warm to the tartan.
1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 46 Every heart seemed..to warm towards the little devotee.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xx. 194 Mr. Dombey, in his friendlessness, inclined to the Major. It cannot be said that he warmed towards him, but he thawed a little.
1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 226 Carlyle..cannot, indeed, but warm to Scott at the end.
1883 D. C. Murray Hearts i His heart warmed over Baretti as they walked along together.
11. To become eager, animated, or enthusiastic. Also, with up. to warm (up) to: to become interested in, acquire zest for, to ‘put one's back into’ (one's work, a contest, etc.).
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the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > be or become zealous [verb (intransitive)]
zeala1626
to warm (up) to1749
enthuse1864
schwärm1913
to wax lyrical1965
1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. xi. xiv. 174 I expected every moment, to see them warm, and to go to loggerheads, the usual end of their dissertations.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 7 ‘I'll tell you,’ replied Mr. Gabriel Parsons, warming with the subject, and the brandy-and-water.—‘I know a lady [etc.]’.
1846 B. Disraeli in W. F. Monypenny & G. E. Buckle Life Disraeli (1914) III. 11 I have not yet added much to my abortive MSS. of the German Schloss of last year, but am beginning to warm up.
1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xxxviii Papa's first nervousness is over: his noble voice clears, warms to his sermon.
1867 H. Latham Black & White 5 Congress will by that time have met, and be warming to their work.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. iv. 72 When he found that his competitor was formidable, he warmed to the race.
1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xxix. 364 He warmed up as he went along.
1885 M. E. Wilkins in Harper's Mag. Mar. 594/1 She warmed up on the subject.

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to warm down.
a. intransitive. To recover from strenuous physical exercise by gradually decreasing the level of exertion; to perform a warm-down; = cool v.1 6. Cf. sense 9c.
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society > leisure > sport > training > train [verb (intransitive)] > prepare by prior exercise, etc.
warm1883
to warm down1954
1954 Washington Post 8 Aug. 5 c/7 Landy talked easily as he walked around the infield in the sun, ‘warming down’ as the runners call it.
1964 Times 12 Oct. 5/1 Tonight McGregor warmed down for about 10 min, in the 25 metre training pool, hoping it would make him more supple.
1987 Black Belt Mar. 38/2 To warm down, fighters do some more exercising and stretching.
1997 M. Fabi Wyrm iii. 57 After we finished warming down, he came over to me again.
2009 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 16 May (All-round Country ed.) (Sport section) 45 It was far better to leave the players in the hands of the fitness co-ordinator to warm down, have ice baths and a good massage before going home to bed.
b. transitive. To enable (a person, horse, part of the body, etc.) to recover from strenuous activity by gradually decreasing the level of exertion.
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1978 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Amer. 10 Sept. ii. 17/5 Before and after their runs, they do static stretching exercises to warm up and warm down their muscles.
1984 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 8 Apr. c6/1 On race days, it doesn't end until midnight or later, after the horses are cleaned up, warmed down and fed a hot supper of bran mash.
1991 R. T. Sataloff Professional Voice v. 75 A laryngologist should also be certain that the professional voice user ‘warms-down’ the voice.
1999 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Oct. 45 We can warm down players physically—we just need to do the same for their mental attitude.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

warmadv.

Brit. /wɔːm/, U.S. /wɔrm/
Forms: Now only quasi-adv., in predicate-extensions.
Etymology: Old English wearme, < warm adj.
Warmly; so as to be warm.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adverb] > warmly
warmc1000
tropically1785
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 116 Bewreoh ðe wearme.
?a1366 Romaunt Rose 409 Wel had she clad hir silf and warme.
c1410 Lantern of Light 46 Whanne þe sunne schynneþ warme.
1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. G2 With thy sword, yet reaking warme, With blood of those that fought to be thy bane. View more context for this quotation
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 356 When the South or West Winds blow, or the Sun shines warm.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 336 They should be put nest and all into a little basket, which should be covered up warm.
1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 3 Hermes empty left His golden throne, bent warm on amorous theft.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlvi. 50 The women straightway carried her off to bed; and having covered her up warm, [etc.].

Compounds

Qualifying an adjective or participle, as †warm-hot; warm-breathed, warm-contested, warm-sheltered; warm-kept, warm-lying, warm-reeking, warm-working.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > somewhat or fairly hot
warm-hotc1430
hottish1593
c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 8 Set it on þe fyre tyl it be warme hot.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 305 For Maides well Summer'd, and warme kept, are like Flyes at Bartholomew-tyde. View more context for this quotation
1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. ii. 4 The North-east and South winde..bringing in the warme-working waters of the Sea, loosneth the frozen Bayes.
1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol iii. 245 The panting Rivals..in Conceit Already grasp the warm-contested Prize.
1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 53 The high heath, by trees Warm-shelter'd, may despise the rage of storms.
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. i Their quivering, warm-breathed sighs impregnate the very air.
1786 R. Burns To Haggis in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 311 O what a glorious sight, Warm-reekin, rich!
1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 294 Plunge plants in pots—in some dry warm-lying ground.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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