Definitions for warm-up
warm-up

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. warm-upnoun

   The act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity

   If you don't do your warm-ups properly you have a greater chance of injury.

2. warm-upnoun

   Any act of preparation for a performance

   Drivers are allowed 5 minutes for warm-up before the race starts.

3. warm-upadjective

   Attributive use of the noun

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. warm-up

   A warm-up is a period or act of preparation for a physical activity or event, typically involving light exercises or practice sessions, designed to gradually increase muscle temperature, heart rate, blood flow, and mental readiness to enhance performance and prevent injuries. This concept can also be used in non-physical contexts, referring to any preliminary activity or exercise used to prepare or get ready for a main activity.

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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. Kazuki Takizawa:

   Warm-up exercises may reduce injury by improving performance for serious athletes, but recreational athletes and weekend warriors are at a lower physical fitness level, especially in aerobic capacity, and they may fatigue by warm-up exercise and reduce performance.

2. Joseph Cirincione:

   People talk very cavalierly about these strikes. It's really appalling to me that this kind of discussion goes on, this is not a pinprick attack. This would be weeks of hundreds of U.S. sorties. This would be the beginning of a major war in the Middle East that would make the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq look like warm-up acts, and it would have regional consequences.

3. Carl James:

   I have been hearing July, as long as these fires don't start back up, it's supposed to warm up. For days it's been cruddy, spitting rain. It's been cold.

4. Robb Upgrove:

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

5. Carrie Goodman:

   I think the firs really warm up the house.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=warm-up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Warm-Up
3. ^ ChatGPT
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