WARMERS
Noun
warmers
plural of warmer
Anagrams
• rewarms, swarmer
Source: Wiktionary
WARMER
Warm"er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, warms.
WARM
Warm, a. [Compar. Warmer; superl. Warmest.] Etym: [AS. wearm; akin to
OS., OFries., D., & G. warm, Icel. varmr, Sw. & Dan. varm, Goth.
warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lith. virti to cook, boil; or
perhaps to Skr. gharma heat, OL. formus warm.
1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. "Whose
blood is warm within." Shak.
Warm and still is the summer night. Longfellow.
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. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or
temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable;
excitable.
Mirth, and youth, and warm desire! Milton.
Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. Pope.
They say he's warm man and does not care to be madAddison.
I had been none of the warmest of partisans. Hawthor
5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm
contest; a warm debate.
Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't. Dryden.
6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances;
forehanded; rich. [Colloq.]
Warm householders, every one of them. W. Irving.
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. Goldsmith.
7. In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence,
being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact
concealed. [Colloq.]
Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," Black.
8. (Paint.)
Definition: 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.
Syn.
– Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen;
violent; furious; hot.
Warm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warmed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Warming.] Etym:
[AS. 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. Isa. xliv 15
Enough to warm, but not enough to burn. Longfellow.
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. Pope.
Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. Keble.
Warm, v. i. Etym: [AS. 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. Isa. xlvii. 14.
2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speakewarms as he proceeds.
Warm, n.
Definition: The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a
heating. [Colloq.] Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition