Meaning

11 senses
  1. (transitive)To make or keep warm.

    wärmen

    гретьgretʹ

    грі́тиhríty, нагріва́тиnahriváty, підігріва́тиpidihriváty

    make warm or warmer

  2. (intransitive)To become warm, to heat up.

    My socks are warming by the fire.

    The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.

    get warm or warmer

  3. (intransitive)(sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly.

    He is warming to the idea.

    Her classmates are gradually warming to her.

  4. (ditransitive)To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.

  5. (intransitive)To become ardent or animated.

    The speaker warms as he proceeds.

  6. (transitive)To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.

    1717 November 20, Alexander Pope, letter to the Bishop of Rochester there was a collection of all that had been written […] : I warmed my head with them.

  7. (transitive)To give emotional warmth to a person.

  8. (colloquial, transitive)To beat or spank.

  9. (colloquial, transitive)To scold or abuse verbally.

  10. (transitive)To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.

  11. (Internet, transitive)To send electronic mail from (a domain) to improve its reputation for mail sending.

Examples

1629 sentences
  1. The island is warm all year.

    На цьому острові тепло цілий рік. — ChickenKiev

    ruНа острове тепло круглый год. — anutakay

    deAuf der Insel ist es das ganze Jahr über warm. — Tamy

  2. These flowers grow in warm countries.

    Ці квіти ростуть у теплих країнах. — anastasishko

    ruЭти цветы растут в теплых странах. — wondersz1

    deDiese Blumen wachsen in warmen Ländern. — Manfredo

  3. I just want to get warm.

    Я лише хочу зігрітися. — Ahha

    ruЯ просто хочу согреться. — sharptoothed

  4. I'm so glad it's warm today.

    Я такий радий, що сьогодні тепло. — deniko

    ruЯ так рад, что сегодня тепло. — marafon

  5. Tom wasn't wearing a warm coat.

    Том не був у теплому пальто. — deniko

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make or keep warm:
Русский
By meaning 1
to make or keep warm:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make or keep warm:

Origin

From Middle English warmen, wermen, wyrmen, from Old English wierman (“to make warm”) and

From Middle English warmen, wermen, wyrmen, from Old English wierman (“to make warm”) and wearmian (“to become warm”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmijan and *warmōn. Cognate with Dutch warmen, German wärmen, Swedish värma.

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Forms

warms, warming, warmed, warmed
Base formwarm · to warm
3rd person singularwarms
Present participlewarming
Past simplewarmed
Past participlewarmed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywarm
he, she, itwarms

Past simpleLesson

all personswarmed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave warmed
he, she, ithas warmed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill warm

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • warmer than usual
  • global warming
  • getting warmer
  • is still warm
  • warm today
  • warming up now
  • still warm
  • warm yourselves by
  • warm yourself by
  • this warm weather
  • warm clothes
  • and warm yourself

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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