[syn: calefacient, warming]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "warming":
   beating, burning, calefacient, calefaction, calefactive,
   calefactory, cauterant, chafing, cooking, debacle, defeasance,
   dielectric heating, drubbing, electric heating, electronic heating,
   furnace heating, gas heating, heat exchange, heating,
   hot-air heating, increase of temperature, induction heating,
   insolation, licking, oil heating, overthrow, panel heating,
   radiant heating, recalescence, rout, shellacking, steam heating,
   superheating, tepefaction, thrashing, torrefaction