To become warm or moderately heated; communicate warmth.
To warm one's self.
To become ardent, animated, or enthusiastic.
To make warm.
To heat up; excite ardor or zeal in; interest; animate; enliven; inspirit; give life and color to; flush; cause to glow.
To administer castigation to: as, I'll warm him for that piece of mischief.
Figuratively, to occupy.
Having a moderate degree of heat; not cold: as, warm water; warm milk; warm blood; a warm bath.
Heated; having the sensation of heat; exhibiting the effects of being heated to a moderate degree; hence, flushed.
Communicating a sensation of warmth, or a moderate degree of heat: as, a warm fire; warm weather.
Subject to or characterized by the prevalence of a comparatively high temperature, or of moderate heat: as, a warm climate; warm countries.
Intimate; close; fast: as, warm friends.
Hearty; earnest: as, a warm welcome; warm thanks.
Fresh: said of a scent or trail.
Close to something that is sought, as in games involving search or guessing; on the right track; on the way to success, as in searching or hunting for something.
Comfortable; well-off; moderately rich; in easy circumstances.
Comfortably fixed or placed; at home; acquainted; well adjusted.
Undesirable; unpleasant, as on account of unpopularity or obnoxiousness to law, etc.
Ardent; earnest; full of zeal, ardor, or affection; enthusiastic; zealous.
Animated; brisk; keen; heated; hot: as, a warm engagement.
Stirred up; somewhat excited; hot; nettled: as, to become warm when contradicted.
Having the ardor of affection or passion.
Having too much ardor; coarse; indelicate.
Synonyms Sunny, mild, close, oppressive.
Earnest, hearty, enthusiastic, eager.—1–6. Warm is distinctly weaker than hot, fervent, fervid, fiery, vehement, passionate.
noun.
Warmth; heat.