warm

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Somewhat hotter than temperate; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat; moderately hot: a warm climate.
2. adj. Having the natural heat of living beings: a warm body.
3. adj. Preserving or imparting heat: a warm overcoat.
4. adj. Having or causing a sensation of unusually high body heat, as from exercise or hard work; overheated.
5. adj. Marked by enthusiasm; ardent: warm support.
6. adj. Characterized by liveliness, excitement, or disagreement; heated: a warm debate.
7. adj. Marked by or revealing friendliness or sincerity; cordial: warm greetings.
8. adj. Loving; passionate: a warm embrace.
9. adj. Excitable, impetuous, or quick to be aroused: a warm temper.
10. adj. Predominantly red or yellow in tone: a warm sunset.
11. adj. Recently made; fresh: a warm trail.
12. adj. Close to discovering, guessing, or finding something, as in certain games.
13. adj. Informal Uncomfortable because of danger or annoyance: Things are warm for the bookies.
14. v. To raise slightly in temperature; make warm: warmed the rolls a bit more; warm up the house.
15. v. To make zealous or ardent; enliven.
16. v. To fill with pleasant emotions: We were warmed by the sight of home.
17. v. To become warm: The rolls are warming in the oven.
18. v. To become ardent, enthusiastic, or animated: began to warm to the subject.
19. v. To become kindly disposed or friendly: She felt the audience warming to her.
20. n. Informal A warming or heating.
21. warm up To prepare for an athletic event by exercising, stretching, or practicing for a short time beforehand.
22. warm up To make or become ready for an event or operation.
23. warm up To make more enthusiastic, excited, or animated.
24. warm up To approach a state of confrontation or violence.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Having a moderate degree of heat; not cold: as, warm water; warm milk; warm blood; a warm bath.
2. Heated; having the sensation of heat; exhibiting the effects of being heated to a moderate degree; hence, flushed.
3. Communicating a sensation of warmth, or a moderate degree of heat: as, a warm fire; warm weather.
4. Subject to or characterized by the prevalence of a comparatively high temperature, or of moderate heat: as, a warm climate; warm countries.
5. Intimate; close; fast: as, warm friends.
6. Hearty; earnest: as, a warm welcome; warm thanks.
7. Fresh: said of a scent or trail.
8. Close to something that is sought, as in games involving search or guessing; on the right track; on the way to success, as in searching or hunting for something.
9. Comfortable; well-off; moderately rich; in easy circumstances.
10. Comfortably fixed or placed; at home; acquainted; well adjusted.
11. Undesirable; unpleasant, as on account of unpopularity or obnoxiousness to law, etc.
12. Ardent; earnest; full of zeal, ardor, or affection; enthusiastic; zealous.
13. Animated; brisk; keen; heated; hot: as, a warm engagement.
14. Stirred up; somewhat excited; hot; nettled: as, to become warm when contradicted.
15. Having the ardor of affection or passion.
16. Having too much ardor; coarse; indelicate.
17. Synonyms Sunny, mild, close, oppressive.
18. Earnest, hearty, enthusiastic, eager.—1–6. Warm is distinctly weaker than hot, fervent, fervid, fiery, vehement, passionate.
19. n. Warmth; heat.
20. n. An act or process of warming; a heating.
21. To become warm or moderately heated; communicate warmth.
22. To warm one's self.
23. To become ardent, animated, or enthusiastic.
24. To make warm. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; impart warmth to.
25. To heat up; excite ardor or zeal in; interest; animate; enliven; inspirit; give life and color to; flush; cause to glow.
26. To administer castigation to: as, I'll warm him for that piece of mischief.
27. Figuratively, to occupy.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; a mild temperature.
2. adj. Being something that causes warmth, or the impression thereof.
3. adj. Caring or charming, of relations to another person.
4. adj. Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.
5. adj. Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.
6. adj. archaic Ardent, zealous.
7. v. transitive To make or keep warm.
8. v. intransitive to become warm, to heat up
9. v. intransitive To increasingly favour.
10. n. colloquial The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
2. adj. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
3. adj. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather.
4. adj. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.
5. adj. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate.
6. adj. colloq. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.
7. adj. colloq. In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.
8. adj. (Paint.) 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.
9. v. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to.
10. v. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
11. v. To become warm, or moderately heated.
12. v. To become ardent or animated.
13. n. colloq. The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement
2. v. make warm or warmer
3. adj. having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
4. adj. having or displaying warmth or affection
5. v. get warm or warmer
6. adj. psychologically warm; friendly and responsive
7. adj. freshly made or left
8. adj. easily aroused or excited
9. adj. uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble
10. adj. of a seeker; near to the object sought
11. adv. in a warm manner
12. adj. (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows
13. adj. characterized by strong enthusiasm