Warm: Definition and part of speech

Warm

  1. superl. Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; — said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.
  2. superl. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
  3. superl. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
  4. superl. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
  5. superl. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.
  6. superl. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.
  7. superl. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.
  8. superl. In children’s games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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