From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warming
adj 1: imparting heat; "a warming fire"
2: producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a
mustard plaster is calefacient" [syn: calefacient,
warming]
n 1: the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature [syn:
heating, warming]
2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they
welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: thaw, thawing, warming]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Warm \Warm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Warming.] [AS. wearmian. See Warm, a.]
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1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render
warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an
apartment.
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Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn;
for he will take thereof and warm himself. --Isa.
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Enough to warm, but not enough to burn.
--Longfellow.
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2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to
excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
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I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial
writings. --Pope.
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Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. --Keble.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Warming \Warm"ing\,
a. & n. from Warm, v.
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Warming pan, a long-handled covered pan into which live
coals are put, -- used for warming beds. --Shak.
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