Meaning of "warm" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WARM

Old English wearm; related to Old Frisian, Old Saxon warm, Old Norse varmr.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WARM

warm  [wɔːm]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WARM

Warm is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb warm in English.

WHAT DOES WARM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of warm in the English dictionary

The first definition of warm in the dictionary is characterized by or having a moderate degree of heat; moderately hot. Other definition of warm is maintaining or imparting heat. Warm is also having or showing ready affection, kindliness, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WARM

PRESENT

Present

I warm

you warm

he/she/it warms

we warm

you warm

they warm

Present continuous

I am warming

you are warming

he/she/it is warming

we are warming

you are warming

they are warming

Present perfect

I have warmed

you have warmed

he/she/it has warmed

we have warmed

you have warmed

they have warmed

Present perfect continuous

I have been warming

you have been warming

he/she/it has been warming

we have been warming

you have been warming

they have been warming

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I warmed

you warmed

he/she/it warmed

we warmed

you warmed

they warmed

Past continuous

I was warming

you were warming

he/she/it was warming

we were warming

you were warming

they were warming

Past perfect

I had warmed

you had warmed

he/she/it had warmed

we had warmed

you had warmed

they had warmed

Past perfect continuous

I had been warming

you had been warming

he/she/it had been warming

we had been warming

you had been warming

they had been warming

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will warm

you will warm

he/she/it will warm

we will warm

you will warm

they will warm

Future continuous

I will be warming

you will be warming

he/she/it will be warming

we will be warming

you will be warming

they will be warming

Future perfect

I will have warmed

you will have warmed

he/she/it will have warmed

we will have warmed

you will have warmed

they will have warmed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been warming

you will have been warming

he/she/it will have been warming

we will have been warming

you will have been warming

they will have been warming

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would warm

you would warm

he/she/it would warm

we would warm

you would warm

they would warm

Conditional continuous

I would be warming

you would be warming

he/she/it would be warming

we would be warming

you would be warming

they would be warming

Conditional perfect

I would have warm

you would have warm

he/she/it would have warm

we would have warm

you would have warm

they would have warm

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been warming

you would have been warming

he/she/it would have been warming

we would have been warming

you would have been warming

they would have been warming

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you warm
we let´s warm
you warm

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to warm

Past participle

warmed

Present Participle

warming

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «WARM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «warm» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of warm

affable · affectionate · agreeable · amiable · amicable · amorous · approachable · balmy · bright · cheerful · chunky · close · comfortable · comfy · congenial · cordial · cosy · fine · friendly · genial · good-humoured · good-natured · happy · hearty · heat · heated · homely · hospitable · hot · kindly · loving · mellow · mild · near · pleasant · relaxing · restful · snug · sociable · sultry · summery · sunny · temperate · tender · thermal · thick · toasty · warm up · winter · woolly

TRANSLATION OF WARM

Find out the translation of warm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of warm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «warm» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 温暖的
• Translator English - Spanish: templado
• English: warm
• Translator English - Hindi: गर्म
• Translator English - Arabic: دَافِئ
• Translator English - Russian: теплый
• Translator English - Portuguese: quente
• Translator English - Bengali: উষ্ণ
• Translator English - French: chaud
• Translator English - Malay: Panas
• Translator English - German: warm
• Translator English - Japanese: 暖かい
• Translator English - Korean: 따뜻한
• Translator English - Javanese: Anget
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ấm
• Translator English - Tamil: சூடான
• Translator English - Marathi: उबदार
• Translator English - Turkish: Ilık, hafif sıcak
• Translator English - Italian: tiepido
• Translator English - Polish: ciepły
• Translator English - Ukrainian: теплий
• Translator English - Romanian: cald
• Translator English - Greek: ζεστός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: warm
• Translator English - Swedish: varm
• Translator English - Norwegian: varm

10 QUOTES WITH «WARM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word warm.

1

Mohamed Al-Fayed

I will continue to distribute blankets, sleeping bags, warm clothing and food on a regular basis, in the hope that my modest efforts will give some comfort to those people we are able help.

2

Isabel Allende

I read on my iPad when I travel. I listen to audiobooks in the car. I read books in my bedroom, where I have a comfortable couch, a lamp and two dogs to keep me warm.

3

Louie Anderson

I have a very warm spot in my heart for Vegas.

4

Dido Armstrong

I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.

5

John Astin

It is important to me that what Poe has to say gets across to people. I want to give people the feeling that I get from all this. I think that we are succeeding. The feedback is very warm.

6

Colleen Atwood

If you want someone to feel warm, you dress them in a warm color and put a warm light on them and you get the picture. Sometimes, all that needs pushing a little bit to help tell the story.

7

Travis Barker

I practice every day, I warm up before I play.

8

Michael Bergin

I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.

9

Nate Berkus

Mixing in some rusty oranges is a warm way to update your place for fall.

10

Georges Bernanos

What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WARM»

Discover the use of warm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to warm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Warm Bodies: A Novel

Scary, funny, and surprisingly poignant, Warm Bodies is about being alive, being dead, and the blurry line in between.

Isaac Marion, 2011

The Choral Warm-up Collection: A Sourcebook of 167 Choral ...

The text is organized into several categories: beginning warm-ups, breathing, vowels, diction, flexibility, scales, intervals, intonation, phrasing, blend, dynamics, minor, range, chords and rounds.

Sally K. Albrecht

The Complete Choral Warm-up Book: A Sourcebook for Choral ...

The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance. Belongs in every choral director's library.

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One Hundred and One Fun Warm-up and Cool-down Games

"101 Fun Warm-Up and Cool-Down Games provides the antidote to the age-old warm-up and cool-down routines of jogging and stretching.

John Byl, 2004

Drum Set Warm-ups: Essential Exercises for Improving Technique

With this book, you'll gain a greater facility and command of the drum set, along with an increased feeling of confidence. "The definitive text for improving technical facility on the drum set.

Rod Morgenstein, Rick Mattingly, 2000

Daily Warm-Ups: Problem Solving Math Grade 5

Solving word problems requires both strategy and skill.

Robert W. Smith, 2011

Warm Climates and Western Medicine: The Emergence of ...

These essays provide valuable insights into the early history of tropical medicine and from the standpoint of several European powers.

David Arnold, 1996

Pat Metheny Guitar Etudes (Music Instruction): Warm-Up ...

This book includes a collection of 14 guitar etudes he created to help you limber up, improve picking technique and build finger independence.

Pat Metheny, 2011

Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism

Judith Simmer-Brown, an accomplished scholar and an experienced practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, demonstrates how the dakini symbolises levels of Tibetan Buddhism, demonstrates how the dakini symbolises levels of spiritual realisation: the ...

Judith Simmer-Brown, 2002

WARM: a feminist art collective in Minnesota

WARM, the first history of this important group, includes an essay that places WARM within the national feminist art movement.

Joanna Inglot, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WARM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term warm is used in the context of the following news items.

'The Blob' warms Puget Sound's waters, hurts marine life

Scientists say they are concerned about the continued ecological effects of the unusually warm and dry conditions in the Puget Sound region this summer. «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»

Warm water killing fish in Columbia, Willamette, the West

State fisheries biologist Rod French said they appeared to have been infected with a gill rot disease associated with warm water, and had probably left the warm ... «kgw.com, Jul 15»

Warm water leads to chinook salmon deaths

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – State wildlife officials are blaming warm water in the northwest for unusually high numbers of chinook salmon carcasses found in the ... «KOIN.com, Jun 15»

Dinosaurs May Have Been Warm-Blooded

Dinosaurs were warm-blooded animals that had many traits in common with mammals, finds controversial new research. The study, published in the journal ... «Discovery News, May 15»

DC area forecast: Mainly warm, humid and sometimes stormy today …

With warm and humid air and a daily chance of thunderstorms, this has the look and feel of a midsummer weather forecast. The only thing missing is any sign of ... «Washington Post, May 15»

Storms across DC area fading after sunset; Warm with storm chance …

6:40 p.m. update: The heaviest of the storms have now pushed east of I-95 and, on balance, the storms have weakened in intensity. There are no severe ... «Washington Post, May 15»

Scientists have discovered the first fully warm-blooded fish

This story has been updated. It's one of the most basic biology facts we're taught in school growing up: Birds and mammals are warm-blooded, while reptiles, ... «Washington Post, May 15»

'Warm blob' in Pacific Ocean linked to weird weather across the US

The one common element in recent weather has been oddness. The West Coast has been warm and parched; the East Coast has been cold and snowed under. «UW Today, Apr 15»

Warm February takes toll on mountain snowpack

SEATTLE (AP) — Warm temperatures in February have taken a toll on winter snowpack in the Cascade Mountains and other areas in the West. The Natural ... «Statesman Journal, Mar 15»

Warm ocean melting East Antarctica's largest glacier

Sydney (AFP) - The largest glacier in East Antarctica, containing ice equivalent to a six-metre (20-foot) rise in global sea levels, is melting due to warm ocean ... «Yahoo News, Jan 15»