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warm

  • adjective
  • /wɔːm/

Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.

Example

“The tea is still warm.”

Other meanings

  1. Friendly and with affection.

    “We have a warm friendship.”

  2. Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.

Example sentences

  • “It's not warm enough to open the window.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “The warm sand felt amazing under their feet.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “How warm is the water?”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "wearm".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “warm” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.