WARM UP
Dictionary entry overview: What does warm up mean?
• WARM UP (verb)
The verb WARM UP has 5 senses:
1. run until the normal working temperature is reached
2. become more friendly or open
3. get warm or warmer
4. cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles
5. make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
Familiarity information: WARM UP used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• WARM UP (verb)
Meaning:
Run until the normal working temperature is reached
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
We warmed up the car for a few minutes
Hypernyms (to "warm up" is one way to...):
operate; run (direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Become more friendly or open
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
She warmed up after we had lunch together
Hypernyms (to "warm up" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Get warm or warmer
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
warm; warm up
Context example:
The soup warmed slowly on the stove
Hypernyms (to "warm up" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
The coach warmed up the players before the game
Hypernyms (to "warm up" is one way to...):
exercise; work; work out (give a workout to)
put to work; work (cause to work)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "warm up"):
limber (cause to become limber)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
limber up; loosen up; warm up
Hypernyms (to "warm up" is one way to...):
exercise; work out (do physical exercise)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
