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Webster's Online English Dictionary

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warm


warm is an   Adverb

Definition:

[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] 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.


Synonyms:

ardent
cordial
enthusiastic
fervent
furious
ho
keen
violent
zealous
glowing

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