Warming

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Warm \Warm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Warming}.] [AS. wearmian. See {Warm}, a.]
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     1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render
        warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an
        apartment.


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              Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn;
              for he will take thereof and warm himself. --Isa.
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              Enough to warm, but not enough to burn.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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     2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to
        excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
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              I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial
              writings.                             --Pope.
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              Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. --Keble.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Warming \Warm"ing\,
     a. & n. from {Warm}, v.
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     {Warming pan}, a long-handled covered pan into which live
        coals are put, -- used for warming beds. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  warming
       adj 1: imparting heat; "a warming fire"
       2: producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a
          mustard plaster is calefacient" [syn: {calefacient}]
       n 1: the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature [syn: {heating}]
       2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they
          welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: {thaw}, {thawing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "warming":
     beating, burning, calefacient, calefaction, calefactive,
     calefactory, cauterant, chafing, cooking, debacle, defeasance,
     dielectric heating, drubbing, electric heating, electronic heating,
     furnace heating, gas heating, heat exchange, heating,
     hot-air heating, increase of temperature, induction heating,
     insolation, licking, oil heating, overthrow, panel heating,
     radiant heating, recalescence, rout, shellacking, steam heating,
     superheating, tepefaction, thrashing, torrefaction