What does warm mean?
Definitions for warm
wɔrmwarm
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word warm.
Princeton's WordNet
warmadjective
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
"a warm body"; "a warm room"; "a warm climate"; "a warm coat"
warmadjective
psychologically warm; friendly and responsive
"a warm greeting"; "a warm personality"; "warm support"
warmadjective
(color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows
"warm reds and yellows and orange"
affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warmadjective
having or displaying warmth or affection
"affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
strong, warmadjective
freshly made or left
"a warm trail"; "the scent is warm"
quick, warmadjective
easily aroused or excited
"a quick temper"; "a warm temper"
ardent, warmadjective
characterized by strong enthusiasm
"ardent revolutionaries"; "warm support"
warmadjective
characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement
"a warm debate"
warmadjective
uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble
"made things warm for the bookies"
warmverb
of a seeker; near to the object sought
"you're getting warm"; "hot on the trail"
warm, warm upverb
get warm or warmer
"The soup warmed slowly on the stove"
warmadverb
make warm or warmer
"The blanket will warm you"
warmly, warmadverb
in a warm manner
"warmly dressed"; "warm-clad skiers"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
WARMadjective
Etymology: warm, Gothick; wearm , Sax. warm, Dutch.
He stretched himself upon the child, and the flesh of the child waxed warm. 2 Kings iv. 34.
Main ocean flow’d, not idle, but with warm
Prolifick humour, soft’ning all her globe. John Milton.I never thought myself so warm in any party’s cause as to deserve their money. Alexander Pope.
Joseph Justus Scaliger in his poetics is very warm against it. , Notes on the Odyssey.
Welcome day-light; we shall have warm work on’t:
The Moor will ’gage
His utmost forces on his next assault,
To win a queen and kingdom. John Dryden, Spanish Friar.I hate the ling’ring summons to attend,
Death all at once would be a nobler end;
Fate is unkind: methinks a general
Should warm, and at the head of armies fall. Dryden.If there be a sober and a wise man, what difference will there be between his knowledge and that of the most extravagant fancy in the world? If there be any difference between them, the advantage will be on the warm-headed man’s side, as having the more ideas, and the more lively. John Locke.
To Warmverb
Etymology: from the adjective.
It shall be for a man to burn, for he shall take thereof and warm himself. Isa. xliv. 15.
There shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. Isa. xlvii. 14.
The mounted sun
Shot down direct his servid rays to warm
Earth’s inmost womb. John Milton.These soft fires with kindly heat
Of various influence, foment and warm. John Milton.The action of being more full of vigour than that of Virgil , is more pleasing to the reader: one warms you by degrees, the other sets you on fire all at once, and never intermits his heat. Dryden.
ChatGPT
warm
Warm refers to a moderate or relatively high temperature, especially when compared to the temperature of the human body. It can also describe a friendly, affectionate or enthusiastic attitude, or a color scheme that includes reds, yellows, and oranges.
Webster Dictionary
Warm
having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk
Warm
having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing
Warm
subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt
Warm
fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable
Warm
violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate
Warm
being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich
Warm
in children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed
Warm
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
Warmadjective
to communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment
Warmadjective
to make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven
Warmverb
to become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer
Warmverb
to become ardent or animated; as, the speake/ warms as he proceeds
Warmnoun
the act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating
Etymology: [AS. wearmian.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Warm
wawrm, adj. having moderate heat, hot: subject to heat: zealous: easily excited: violent: enthusiastic: intimate, close: fresh, of a scent: (coll.) comfortable, well-off: (coll.) indelicate.—v.t. to make warm: to interest: to excite: (coll.) to beat.—v.i. to become warm or ardent.—n. (coll.) a heating.—adj. Warm′-blood′ed, having warm blood: generous, passionate.—n. War′mer.—adj. Warm′-heart′ed, having warm affections: affectionate: hearty.—ns. Warm′-heart′edness; War′ming, act of warming: (slang) a beating; War′ming-pan, a covered pan, with a long handle, for holding live-coals to warm a bed: a person put into a situation to hold it till another is able to take it.—adv. Warm′ly.—ns. Warm′ness; Warmth, moderate heat: geniality: earnestness, moderate or growing anger: the bright effect of warm colours.—Warm colours (paint.), colours of which the basis is yellow or red. [A.S. wearm; Ger. warm.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
WARM
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Warm is ranked #69579 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Warm surname appeared 282 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Warm.
95.7% or 270 total occurrences were White.
2.1% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'warm' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1701
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'warm' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1313
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'warm' in Verbs Frequency: #848
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'warm' in Adjectives Frequency: #173
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of warm in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of warm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of warm in a Sentence
I would say even if things dry out, you’re not going to lose any ground really over the wet season, the snowpack has already been put there, so how effective that is at helping out reservoirs and stuff depends on how warm it is or the speed at which the snow is going to melt.
Do you either keep the house warm so [your] children don't get ill? or do [you] buy food so they can eat and they're not hungry?
This is definitely a warm-water indicator, whether it's directly related to El Nino or other oceanographic conditions is not certain.
The real ‘monster’ part of this warm spell was December 31 to January 1.
Even if the jet stream does what it historically used to do, with no specific climate change contributions, climate change is still dramatically increasing the likelihood of these extreme heat events, if you warm the atmosphere, you'd expect those heat waves to be hotter than they otherwise would have been.
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- دافئ, دفيءArabic
- цёплыBelarusian
- то́пълBulgarian
- tomm, klouarBreton
- càlid, calentCatalan, Valencian
- teplý, ohřát, vřelý, zahřátCzech
- cynnesWelsh
- varm, holde, varme, interessere, opvarme, lunDanish
- fürsorglich, warm, warmherzig, wärmenGerman
- ζεστόςGreek
- varmaEsperanto
- cálido, calentar, caliente, calurosoSpanish
- soeEstonian
- گرمPersian
- lämmitellä, lämmin, lämpöinen, palava, lämmetä, lämmittääFinnish
- réchauffer, chaud, chaleureuse, chauffer, cordial, enflammée, chaude, échauffer, chaleureux, cordiale, enflamméFrench
- waarmWestern Frisian
- teIrish
- blàth, garScottish Gaelic
- morno, quenteGalician
- נפתח, חמה, חמים, חמימה, חם, חימםHebrew
- गर्म, गरमHindi
- melegHungarian
- տաք, ջերմArmenian
- cordial, calorose, calideInterlingua
- hangatIndonesian
- caldo, affezionarsi a, caloroso, scaldare, cordiale, accostarsi a, riscaldare, ardenteItalian
- 温める, 暖かい, 温かい, 暖めるJapanese
- 따뜻하다, 따뜻한Korean
- calefacio, calesco, caleo, calidusLatin
- wuarm, waarm, wiermenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- šildytiLithuanian
- silts, sildītLatvian
- ഊഷ്മളംMalayalam
- နွေး, ပူBurmese
- varmeNorwegian
- warmlopen, warm, verwarmen, warm houden, opwarmenDutch
- varmeNorwegian Nynorsk
- varmNorwegian
- ciepły, żarliwy, ogrzewaćPolish
- esquentar, morno, caloroso, aquecer, cordialPortuguese
- chaudRomansh
- cald, caldă, apropiată, încălzi, apropiatRomanian
- тёплыйRussian
- grijati, topao, топао, žarkiSerbo-Croatian
- teplýSlovak
- ogreti, topel, segreti, gretiSlovene
- varmSwedish
- సాదరంగా, సాదరమైన, వెచ్చనిTelugu
- อุ่นThai
- sıcakTurkish
- те́плийUkrainian
- گرمUrdu
- ấmVietnamese
- 溫暖Chinese
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