Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
n 1: the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature [syn: {heating}]
2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they
welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: {thaw}, {thawing}]
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