warming

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   imparting heat

   a warming fire

2. 2
   noun

   A beating; a thrashing.

   More than once had he caught me in the act and given me, as he put it, “a good warming,” with his hard hand so, however much I was tempted so to do, I steadfastly refrained.

3. 3
   adj

   producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body

4. 4
   noun

   warm weather following a freeze

5. 5
   noun

   the process of becoming warmer

6. 6
   noun

   A small rise in temperature.

7. 7
   verb

   present participle and gerund of warm

Etymology

From Middle English warminge, warmynge, from Old English wærmiġende, wermende, wyrmende, present participle of Old English wyrman, wirman (“to warm”), equivalent to warm + -ing.