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warm-up

warm-up noun: the act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity.

warm-up: the act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity
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Noun

warm-up (plural warm-ups)

  1. The act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity.
    • If you don't do your warm-ups properly you have a greater chance of injury.
  2. Any act of preparation for a performance.
    • Drivers are allowed 5 minutes for warm-up before the race starts.
  3. A period of time allocated for performing warm-ups.
    • Keep a sharp eye on the referee during warm-up to check out his mood.

warm-up meaning in Kannada

warm-up in Kannada

ಉತ್ತೇಜನ ಹೊಂದು, ತೀವ್ರ ವ್ಯಾಯಾಮ ಮಾಡು

Antonyms of warm-up

Forms of warm-up

pluralwarm-ups

Origin of warm-up

Deverbal from warm up.

Phrases with warm-up

Questions about warm-up

What does warm-up mean?
Warm-up means the act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity.
What is warm-up in Kannada?
Warm-up in Kannada is ಉತ್ತೇಜನ ಹೊಂದು, ತೀವ್ರ ವ್ಯಾಯಾಮ ಮಾಡು. See Warm-up meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is warm-up?
Warm-up is a noun.
What is the plural of warm-up?
The plural of warm-up is warm-ups.

Words near warm-up in the dictionary

  1. warm-downs
  2. warm-hearted
  3. warm-heartedly
  4. warm-heartedness
  5. warm-hot intergalactic medium
  6. warm-up
  7. warm-up act
  8. warm-up jacket
  9. warm-up jackets
  10. warm-ups
  11. warm-water port

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Adapted from Wiktionary: warm-up (page history and authors); warm-up (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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