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warm

adjective (warm, warmer, warmest); verb (warm, warms, warmed, warming)

«warm» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

  1. A little hot, pleasantly not cold: "warm water". tree →
  2. Keeping you from being cold: "a warm coat". tree →
  3. Friendly and kind: "a warm welcome". tree →
  4. As a verb, to make or become warmer: "warm your hands". tree →

In the lessons

In science, warm means a temperature between cold and hot; warm air rises; mammals and birds are warm-blooded; the Earth is warming (climate change). In everyday life: dress warmly, warm up before sport. Phrases: warm up, keep warm, warm-blooded, warm welcome, warm-hearted.

Examples

Note

Warm is less than hot. "Warm up" can mean heat food again or get your body ready for sport. Adverb: "warmly". Noun: "warmth".

In Jewish tradition

It means heat from the sun or from bodies close together. Ecclesiastes says two people lying together keep warm.

Interpretation. The tradition reads this as a lesson that friendship and company are better than being alone.

Examples

  • Thou whose garments are warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind; (Writings JOB.37.17, JPS 1917) tree →
  • Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone? (Writings ECC.4.11, JPS 1917) tree →
  • What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. (Writings JOB.6.17, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Warm is less than hot. "Warm up" can mean heat food again or get your body ready for sport. Adverb: "warmly". Noun: "warmth".

On Mova

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/warm/