Warm
Warm , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon wearm; akin to Old Saxon, OFries., Dutch, & German warm, Icelandic varmr, Swedish & Danish varm, Gothic warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lithuanian virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Sanskrit gharma heat, Old Latin formus warm. {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}.]
1.
Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
Whose blood is warm within.
Warm and still is the summer night.
2.
Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
3.
Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
4.
Figuratively: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.
Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!
Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.
They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad{not transcribed} mouths at.
I had been none of the warmest of partisans.
5.
Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.
Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't.
6.
Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. [Colloquial]
Warm householders, every one of them.
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.
7.
In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. [Colloquial]
Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting “warm,” {not transcribed} children say at blindman's buff.
8.
(Painting) 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.
Warm ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon wearmian. See Warm, a.]
1.
To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.
Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself.
Enough to warm, but not enough to burn.
2.
To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings.
Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed.
Warm , intransitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon wearmian.]
1.
To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.
There shall not be a coal to warm at.
2.
To become ardent or animated; as, the speake{not transcribed} warms as he proceeds.
Warm , noun
The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating. [Colloquial] — Dickens