warming Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
    heating.
  2. noun warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt
    thaw; thawing.
    • they welcomed the spring thaw
  3. verb get warm or warmer
    warm; warm up.
    • The soup warmed slowly on the stove
  4. verb make warm or warmer
    warm.
    • The blanket will warm you
  5. adjective satellite imparting heat
    • a warming fire
  6. adjective satellite producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body
    calefacient.
    • a mustard plaster is calefacient

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Warm"ing
Definitions
  1. a. & n. from Warm, v. Shak.

Webster 1913