warming

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mɪŋ

Etymology 1

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

Verb

warming

1. present participle of warm

Etymology 2

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

Noun

warming (plural warmings)

1. A small rise in temperature.
2. (slang) A beating; a thrashing.
   • Harry Goulding, A Grimsby Life - Part 1: Henry the Ninth (page 193)

     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.

Related terms

• global warming
• heart-warming
• warming pan
• warming up

Translations

a small rise in temperature

• German: Erwärmung (de) f
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• Russian: потепле́ние (ru) n (poteplénije), согрева́ние (ru) n (sogrevánije) (action)