Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word warm. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in warm.
Definitions and meaning of warm
warm
Alternative forms
warme(obsolete)
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɔːm/
(US) IPA(key): /wɔɹm/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishwarm, werm, from Old Englishwearm, from Proto-West Germanic*warm, from Proto-Germanic*warmaz, with different proposed origins:
Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-(“warm, hot”), related to Ancient Greekθερμός(thermós), Latinformus, Sanskritघर्म(gharma).
Proto-Indo-European*wer-(“to burn”), related to Hittite [script needed] (warnuzi) and to Old Church Slavonicварити(variti).
The dispute is due to differing opinions on how initial Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰ- evolved in Germanic: some think that *gʷʰ would have turned to *b, and that the root *gʷʰer- would instead have given rise to burn etc. Some have also proposed a merger of the two roots.
Adjective
warm (comparativewarmer, superlativewarmest)
Of a somewhat high temperature.
Friendly and with affection.
Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
(informal) Close to a goal or correct answer.
Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
(figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
(archaic) Ardent, zealous.
(archaic, informal) Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; prosperous.
(archaic) Requiring arduous effort.
Synonyms
See also Thesaurus:warm
See also Thesaurus:affectionate
See also Thesaurus:difficult
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "mild temperature"):Arctic, cold, cool, frozen
(antonym(s) of "caring"):Arctic, cold, cool, frozen
Derived terms
Translations
See also
heated
hot
steamy
temperature
tepid
Etymology 2
From Old Englishwierman.
Verb
warm (third-person singular simple presentwarms, present participlewarming, simple past and past participlewarmed)
(transitive) To make or keep warm.
(intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.
(transitive with to)(sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly.
(ditransitive with to) To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
(intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
The speaker warms as he proceeds.
(transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
1717 November 20, Alexander Pope, letter to the Bishop of Rochester
there was a collection of all that had been written[…]: I warmed my head with them.
(transitive) To give emotional warmth to a person.
(transitive, colloquial) To beat or spank.
(transitive, colloquial) To scold or abuse verbally.
(computing, transitive) To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
warm (pluralwarms)
(colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutchwarm, from Middle Dutchwarm, from Old Dutchwarm, from Proto-Germanic*warmaz.
From Middle High Germanwarm, from Old High Germanwarm. Cognate with Germanwarm, Dutchwarm, Englishwarm, Icelandicvarmur.
Adjective
warm
(Formazza) warm
References
Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Chinese
Etymology
From Englishwarm.
Pronunciation
Adjective
warm
(Hong Kong Cantonese, of person, environment, family)warm(caring and loving)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutchwarm, from Old Dutchwarm, from Proto-West Germanic*warm, from Proto-Germanic*warmaz, of uncertain origin; derivations from either Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-(“warm, hot”) or *wer-(“to burn”) have been proposed.
(of rental prices, chiefly adverbial or in compounds) including heating costs, water, and fees (electricity may or may not be included)
(dated, except in warmer Bruder) gay, homosexual (mostly male)
Synonym:schwul
Usage notes
German warm means “warm”, but not “feeling warm”; therefore the phrase ich bin warm(literally “I am warm”) would mean that one’s body has a high temperature, particularly that one’s skin is warm on the outside. The English “I am warm” (that is: I feel warm) is equivalent to German mir ist warm(literally “to me it's warm”).
Although warm(“gay”) is not in general use, this sense is current enough to make it advisable not to describe the relation between two men as warm (unless the implication is intended).
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
“warm” in Duden online
“warm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutchwarm, from Proto-West Germanic*warm.
Adjective
warm
warm, hot
warm, keeping the wearer warm (of clothes)
warm (of emotions)
Inflection
Alternative forms
wāerm
werm
Descendants
Dutch: warm
Afrikaans: warm
Limburgish: werm
West Flemish: werm
Further reading
“warm”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “warm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
warme, werm, wearm
Etymology
From Old Englishwearm.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /warm/, /wɛrm/
Adjective
warm (plural and weak singularwarme, comparativewarmer, superlativewarmest)
(temperature)warm, mildly hot
(weather)warm, pleasant, mild
heated, warmed
(locations or garments) having a tendency to be warm; designed to stay warm
Being at a healthy temperature
enthusiastic, vigourous
Descendants
Scots: wairm
English: warm
References
“warm, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.
Noun
warm
warmness, heat
References
“warm, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.