warming : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: warming	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for warming
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warming adj imparting heat; "a warming fire" producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a mustard plaster is calefacient" Synonym(s): calefacient, warming n the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature [syn: heating, warming] warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw" Synonym(s): thaw, thawing, warming
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warm \Warm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Warming}.] [AS. wearmian. See {Warm}, a.] 1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself. --Isa. xliv 15 Enough to warm, but not enough to burn. --Longfellow. 2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven. I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings. --Pope. Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. --Keble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warming \Warm"ing\, a. & n. from {Warm}, v. {Warming pan}, a long-handled covered pan into which live coals are put, -- used for warming beds. --Shak.