What does warm up mean?

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warm up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. warm-up, tune-up, prolusionverb

    exercising in preparation for strenuous activity

  2. warm upverb

    run until the normal working temperature is reached

    "We warmed up the car for a few minutes"

  3. warm upverb

    become more friendly or open

    "She warmed up after we had lunch together"

  4. warm, warm upverb

    get warm or warmer

    "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"

  5. warm upverb

    cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles

    "The coach warmed up the players before the game"

  6. limber up, warm up, loosen upverb

    make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity

Wiktionary

  1. warm upverb

    To make an audience enthusiastic or animated before a show

  2. warm upverb

    To reach a normal operating temperature (of a car for example)

  3. warm upverb

    To reheat food

  4. warm upverb

    To become warmer

  5. warm upverb

    To prepare for executing an already-learned activity by a limited amount of additional practice.

ChatGPT

  1. warm up

    A warm-up generally refers to a period or act of preparation before an activity or event. Usually, this involves light exercises or practice to gradually increase heart rate, stimulate muscles and improve physical or mental readiness. This can apply to various contexts such as sports, performance arts, workout routines or even before engaging in a major task or project.

Wikidata

  1. Warm Up

    Warm Up is a Formula One style racing video game, released in 2000 developed by Lankhor, and published by Microïds, for Microsoft Windows based PCs. The game can be played by up to 10 players on a network. The game does not have the proper license, and therefore does not have the correct teams and drivers, etc.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of warm up in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of warm up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of warm up in a Sentence

  1. Robb Upgrove:

    It’s starting to warm up, so that triggers them to move into mating season.

  2. The English singer:

    When she first got ill, we all said we’d cut out sugar, because it aggravates cancer, so we did that as a show of solidarity really with Stacey, having said that, looking after her for those two years, I wasn’t looking after myself, so I’ve got back on the trail now. I’m back doing exercise. I look after my voice and I warm up… I tend to do it in the car, which must look a little strange!

  3. Zhu Keming:

    I asked him,' How are you doing ? Can Zhu Keming still run ?' His speed was pretty slow, and he was rubbing his legs with his hands. He said he couldn't run anymore because of muscle cramp, so I said,' Come warm up in the cave'.

  4. William Terrill:

    Many, many times I see officers pull money out of their pocket and buy someone a coffee, buy someone a meal, take them inside and let them warm up, i've seen officers let folks in the back of their car to warm up while they're handling an incident. They see someone on the corner and they say, 'Why don't you hang out in the car while I handle this incident.' It had nothing to do with them. They're just letting them warm up.

  5. Caroline Wozniacki:

    I felt my rib in my match yesterday and after trying to warm up this morning it was still painful.


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