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warming

Syllables: warm·ingUK/ˈwɔːmɪŋ/US/ˈwoɹmɪŋ/

warming noun: a small rise in temperature. Also the present participle and gerund of warm.

Noun

warming (plural warmings)

  1. A small rise in temperature.
    • The forecast calls for a slight warming trend in the coming days, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the midteens on Sunday and Monday, when the men will hit the snowboard course.2022 February 4, John Branch, “U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson qualifies for the slopestyle final.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022
  2. (slang) A beating; a thrashing.
    • More than once had he caught me in the act and given me, as he put it, “a good warming,” with his hard hand so, however much I was tempted so to do, I steadfastly refrained.2017, Harry Goulding, A Grimsby Life - Part 1: Henry the Ninth, page 193

Also used as

warming is also the present participle and gerund of warm.

Forms of warming

pluralwarmings

Origin of warming

From Middle English warmyng, warmynge, from Old English wærming, wirming, equivalent to warm + -ing.

From Middle English warminge, warmynge, from Old English wærmiġende, wermende, wyrmende, present participle of Old English wyrman, wirman (“to warm”), equivalent to warm + -ing.

Phrases with warming

Words that rhyme with warming

Questions about warming

What does warming mean?
Warming means a small rise in temperature.
What part of speech is warming?
Warming is a noun.
How do you pronounce warming?
Warming is pronounced /ˈwɔːmɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of warming?
The plural of warming is warmings.

Words near warming in the dictionary

  1. Warmia
  2. Warmian
  3. Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
  4. Warmians
  5. warmin'
  6. warming
  7. warming center
  8. warming centers
  9. warming centre
  10. warming centres
  11. warming down

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