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. Kai Pfaffenbach:

    The semi-finals is a warm up also for photographers, i was free to play around and I thought I would try a motion blur ... I saw him running ... The moment he turned his head I thought the picture was ruined as it would be too shaky but it just happened ... and overnight it became 'the' picture.

  3. Jeb Bush:

    You know, I don't know, but you might as well frontload it if you can, this is a long haul. Are we just supposed to say,' Ok, let's just kind of warm up and work your way into it ? Am I missing something here ? I'm not running to come in third. I'm not running to, you know, have it on my resume that I ran for Michael Lomax.

  4. Caroline Wozniacki:

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

  5. Meghann Foster:

    There is something different in the energy this time around, i think Meghann Foster have such an exciting field. 2018 was just the warm-up for the main event.


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