warm

Meaning

Adj

1. Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
2. Friendly and with affection.
3. Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
4. (informal) Close to a goal or correct answer.
5. Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
6. (figuratively) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
7. (archaic) Ardent, zealous.
8. (archaic, informal) Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; prosperous.
9. (archaic) Requiring arduous effort.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make or keep warm.
2. (intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
3. (intransitive) (sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly.
4. (ditransitive) To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
5. (intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
6. (transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
7. (transitive) To give emotional warmth to a person.
8. (colloquial, transitive) To beat or spank.
9. (colloquial, transitive) To scold or abuse verbally.
10. (transitive) To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.
11. (Internet, transitive) To send electronic mail from (a domain) to improve its reputation for mail sending.

Noun

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

Synonyms

hot

🥵

heat

tepid

lukewarm

cordial

warm up

mild

genial

heat up

ardent

thermal

heated

warmth

temperate

friendly

hearty

affectionate

make warm

comfortable

pleasant

feverish

sincere

sunny spot

warmly

strong

fond

fervent

roast

make hot

enthusiastic

kind

bright

dry

cosy

warm-hearted

tender

clear

cheer

scorch

zealous

amiable

fresh

cardiac

muggy

fervid

bake

passionate

quick

keen

burn

Translations

chaud

☀️

warm

☀️

warm

☀️

caldo

☀️

caliente

🥵

riscaldare

cálido

☀️

calentar

càlid

☀️

quente

🥵

wärmen

☀️

cordial

chaleureux

ζεστός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɔːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: warm

Inherited from Old English: wearm

Cognate with Ancient Greek: θερμός

Cognate with Latin: formus

Cognate with Sanskrit: घर्म

Cognate with Church Slavic: варити

Inherited from Old English: wierman

In summary

From Middle English warm, werm, from Old English wearm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, either from Proto-Indo-European *wór-mo-s, from *wer- (“to burn”), or Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mo-s, from the root *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with West Frisian waarm, Saterland Frisian woorm, Dutch warm, German warm, Swedish varm, Icelandic varmur, Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós) (in which case perhaps a distant doublet of thermos), Latin formus, Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá), or alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn”), related to Hittite 𒉿𒊏𒀀𒉌 (warāni, “to burn”), Armenian վառել (vaṙel, “to burn, heat, warm”), Old Church Slavonic варити (variti, “to cook, boil”).

Sentences

It was a very warm october.

When the carpet and the curtains caught fire , it was getting warm .

It is described as warm , nutty , spicy , and orange-flavoured.