'Warming' definitions:

Definition of 'warming'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Imparting heat; "a warming fire"
adjective
Producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a mustard plaster is calefacient" [syn: calefacient, warming]
noun
The process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature [syn: heating, warming]
noun
Warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: thaw, thawing, warming]

Definition of 'Warming'

From: GCIDE
  • Warm \Warm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Warming.] [AS. wearmian. See Warm, a.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. [1913 Webster]
  • Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself. --Isa. xliv 15 [1913 Webster]
  • Enough to warm, but not enough to burn. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven. [1913 Webster]
  • I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. --Keble. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Warming'

From: GCIDE
  • Warming \Warm"ing\, a. & n. from Warm, v. [1913 Webster]
  • Warming pan, a long-handled covered pan into which live coals are put, -- used for warming beds. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'warming'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Warming'