warm

warm is on the Basic English 850 List.

war - warm - wash

warm is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

war - warm - wash

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /wɔːm/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /wɔːrm/

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Adjective

Positive warm

Comparative warmer

Superlative warmest

1. If something is warm, it is a nice temperature between cool and hot.

   It's good to come into a nice warm house on a winter's day.

   She washed her face in the warm water.

Verb

Plain form warm

Third-person singular warms

Past tense warmed

Past participle warmed

Present participle warming

1. If you warm something, you increase the temperature.

   At 7:30, the sun came up and warmed them a little.

   Oh, the coffee's cold. Can you warm it up for me?