Category:Warm

Warm, a. [compar. Warmer; superl. Warmest.] Etym: [as. wearm; akin to Os., Ofries., D., & g. warm, icel. varmr, sw. & dan. varm, goth. Warmjan to warm; probably akin to lith. virti to cook, boil; or Perhaps to skr. gharma heat, ol. formus warm.

1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. "whose Blood is warm within." Shak. Warm and still is the summer night. Longfellow.

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! Milton. Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. Pope. They say he's warm man and does not care to be madaddison. I had been none of the warmest of partisans. Hawthor

5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm Contest; a warm debate. Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't. Dryden.

6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; Forehanded; rich. [colloq.] Warm householders, every one of them. W. Irving. 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. Goldsmith.

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.] Here, indeed, young mr. Dowse was getting "warm," black.

8. (paint.)

Defn: 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.

Syn. -- ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; Violent; furious; hot.

Warm Warm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warmed (p. pr. & vb. n. Warming.] Etym: [as. wearmian. See warm, a.]

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. Isa. xliv 15 Enough to warm, but not enough to burn. Longfellow.

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. Pope. Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. Keble.

Warm Warm, v. i. Etym: [as. wearmian.]

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. Isa. xlvii. 14.

2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speakewarms as he proceeds.

Warm Warm, n.

Defn: the act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a Heating. [colloq.] Dickens.