Meaning

3 senses
  1. 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.

    Aufwärmen, Aufwärmtraining

    разминкаrazminka

    розми́нкаrozmýnka

    exercising in preparation for strenuous activity

  2. Any act of preparation for a performance.

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

  3. A period of time allocated for performing warm-ups.

    Keep a sharp eye on the referee during warm-up to check out his mood.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity:
Русский
By meaning 1
act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity:

Origin

Deverbal from warm up.

Deverbal from warm up.

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Forms

plural: warm-ups
Singularwarm-up
Pluralwarm-ups

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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