warm
verb/wɔːm/
/wɔːrm/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they warm | /wɔːm/ /wɔːrm/ |
| he / she / it warms | /wɔːmz/ /wɔːrmz/ |
| past simple warmed | /wɔːmd/ /wɔːrmd/ |
| past participle warmed | /wɔːmd/ /wɔːrmd/ |
| -ing form warming | /ˈwɔːmɪŋ/ /ˈwɔːrmɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to make something/somebody warm or warmer; to become warm or warmer
- warm something/somebody/yourself Come in and warm yourself by the fire.
- The alcohol warmed and relaxed him.
- warm something/somebody/yourself up I'll warm up some milk.
- There is little doubt that the planet is warming.
- warm up As the climate warms up, the ice caps will melt.
- We soon warmed up in front of the fire.
- warm through Return the bowl to the heat to warm through.
- warm something through Poach until the fish is warmed through.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- properly
- sufficiently
- thoroughly
- …
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- [intransitive, transitive] warm (somebody/something) to become more friendly, loving, etc.; to make somebody feel or become more friendly, loving, etc.
- His voice suddenly warmed.
- The story warmed our hearts.
see also global warming, house-warming
make/become warm
become friendly
Word OriginOld English wearm (adjective), werman, wearmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German warm, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin formus ‘warm’ and Greek thermos ‘hot’.
Idioms
See warm in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee warm in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishlook/feel like death warmed up (British English)
(North American English like death warmed over)
- (informal) to look or feel very ill or tired
warm the cockles (of somebody’s heart)
- (British English) to make somebody feel happy or sympathetic
- Doesn’t that story just warm the cockles of your heart?
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