warm
    adv 1: in a warm manner; "warmly dressed"; "warm-clad skiers"
           [syn: warmly, warm]
    adj 1: 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" [ant: cool]
    2: psychologically warm; friendly and responsive; "a warm
       greeting"; "a warm personality"; "warm support" [ant: cool]
    3: (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of
       reds and oranges and yellows; "warm reds and yellows and
       orange" [ant: cool]
    4: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate
       children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender
       glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: affectionate, fond,
       lovesome, tender, warm]
    5: freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm"
       [syn: strong, warm]
    6: easily aroused or excited; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper"
       [syn: quick, warm]
    7: characterized by strong enthusiasm; "ardent revolutionaries";
       "warm support" [syn: ardent, warm]
    8: characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement; "a
       warm debate"
    9: uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble; "made
       things warm for the bookies"
    10: of a seeker; near to the object sought; "you're getting
        warm"; "hot on the trail"
    v 1: get warm or warmer; "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"
         [syn: warm, warm up]
    2: make warm or warmer; "The blanket will warm you"

Warm \Warm\, a. [Compar. Warmer; superl. Warmest.] [AS.
   wearm; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. warm, Icel. varmr, Sw.
   & Dan. varm, Goth. warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lith.
   virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Skr. gharma heat, OL.
   formus warm. ???, ???.]
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   1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
      "Whose blood is warm within." --Shak.
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            Warm and still is the summer night.   --Longfellow.
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   2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
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   3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or
      no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
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   4. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in
      spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited;
      sprightly; irritable; excitable.
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            Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!    --Milton.
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            Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.
                                                  --Pope.
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            They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad?
            mouths at.                            --Addison.
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            I had been none of the warmest of partisans.
                                                  --Hawthor??.
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   5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a
      warm contest; a warm debate.
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            Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances;
      forehanded; rich. [Colloq.]
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            Warm householders, every one of them. --W. Irving.
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            You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight:
            and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within
            five miles round him.                 --Goldsmith.
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   7. In children's games, being near the object sought for;
      hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing,
      or fact concealed. [Colloq.]
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            Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," ??
            children say at blindman's buff.      --Black.
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   8. (Paint.) 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.
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   Syn: Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic;
        cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.
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Warm \Warm\, n.
   The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming;
   a heating. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
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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.
                                                  xliv 15
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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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Warm \Warm\, v. i. [AS. wearmian.]
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   1. To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon
      warms in a clear day summer.
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            There shall not be a coal to warm at. --Isa. xlvii.
                                                  14.
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   2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speake? warms as he
      proceeds.
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