warm

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Having a pleasant temperature that is fairly high but not hot.

   It was a warm, sunny afternoon.

2. 2
   adj

   Keeping in heat; making you feel warm.

   Put on a warm coat before you go out.

3. 3
   verb

   To make or become warmer.

   The blanket will warm you up.

4. 4
   adj

   Friendly and affectionate.

   She gave us a warm welcome.

Common collocations

• warm clothes Adjective + noun
• warm applause Adjective + noun
• warm feel Adjective + noun
• warm feeling Adjective + noun
• warm thanks Adjective + noun

From Middle English warm, werm, from Old English wearm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, either from Proto-Indo-European *wór-mo-s, from *wer- (“to burn”), or Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mo-s, from the root *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with West Frisian waarm, Saterland Frisian woorm, Dutch warm, German warm, Swedish varm, Icelandic varmur, Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós) (in which case perhaps a distant doublet of thermos), Latin formus, Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá), or alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn”), related to Hittite 𒉿𒊏𒀀𒉌 (warāni, “to burn”),…

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