Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - warm

~1 adj 1 »BE WARM« slightly hot, especially pleasantly  (a warm bath | I hope we get some warmer weather soon. | keep sth warm (=stop something from becoming cold))  (I've put your dinner in the oven to keep it warm.) 2 »FEEL WARM« feeling slightly hot, or making you feel this way  (Are you warm enough? | keep warm (=wear enough clothes not to feel cold))  (Make sure you keep warm!) 3 »CLOTHES/BUILDINGS« clothes or buildings that are warm can keep in heat or keep out cold  (Here, put on your nice warm coat.) 4 »FRIENDLY« friendly in a way that makes you feel comfortable  (a warm, reassuring smile | a warm welcome)  (Please give a warm welcome to our special guest!) 5 »COLOUR« colours that are warm are red, yellow, orange, and similar colours 6 as warm as toast pleasantly warm 7 »CORRECT« used especially in games to say that someone is near to guessing the correct answer or finding a hidden object  (You're getting warmer.)  (- opposite cold1 (13)) 8 make it/make things warm for sb informal to cause problems for someone in order to punish them 9 warm scent/trail a smell or path that has been made recently, which a hunter can easily follow 10 »ANGRY/EXCITED« AmE fairly angry or excited  (The atmosphere in the meeting grew warm .)  (- see also keep sb's seat warm keep1 (4)) - warmness n ~2 v also warm up 1 to make someone or something warm or warmer  (Here, warm yourself by the fire.) 2 to be heated + in/by/on  (There's some soup warming in the pot.) warm to sb/sth phr v 1 to begin to like something, or someone you have just met  (Bruce didn't warm to him as he had to Casey.) 2 to become more eager or excited about something  (warm to a theme/subject/topic etc)  (The more she spoke, the more she warmed to her subject.) warm up phr v 1 »MAKE WARM« to become warm or to make someone or something warm  (warm sb/sth up A brandy should warm you up. | If you're ready for your dinner I'll warm it up.) 2 »DO EXERCISES« to do gentle physical exercises to prepare your body for dancing, sport etc  (The athletes are warming up before the race.) 3 »MACHINE/ENGINE« if you warm up a machine or engine or it warms up, it becomes ready to work properly 4 »PARTY« if a party warms up, it starts to become enjoyable  (Don't go, things are just starting to warm up.) 5 »BECOME CHEERFUL« to become cheerful, eager, and excited, or to make someone feel this way  (warm sb up)  (He warmed up the audience by telling them a few jokes.)  (- see also like death warmed up/over death (9)) warm up to sth phr v AmE to warm to someone or something ~3 n the warm especially BrE a place that is warm  (Come into the warm!) ~4 adv wrap up warm to put on enough clothes so that you do not feel cold