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warm
English
Alternative forms
- warme (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??m/
- (US) IPA(key): /w??m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
Etymology 1
From Middle English warm, werm, from Old English wearm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, with different proposed origins:
- Proto-Indo-European *g??er- (“warm, hot”), related to Ancient Greek ?????? (thermós), Latin formus, Sanskrit ???? (gharma).
- Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn”), related to Hittite [script needed] (warnuzi) and to Old Church Slavonic ?????? (variti).
The dispute is due to differing opinions on how initial Proto-Indo-European *g??- evolved in Germanic: some think that *g?? would have turned to *b, and that the root *g??er- would instead have given rise to burn etc. Some have also proposed a merger of the two roots.
Adjective
warm (comparative warmer, superlative warmest)
- Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.
- The tea is still warm.
- This is a very warm room.
- 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Herons of Elmwood
- Warm and still is the summer night.
- Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.
- We have a warm friendship.
- Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.
- Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.
- 1876, William Black, Madcap Violet
- Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm", as children say at blindman's buff.
- 1876, William Black, Madcap Violet
- Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
- (figuratively) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness
- a warm piano sound
- (archaic) Ardent, zealous.
- a warm debate, with strong words exchanged
- I had been none of the warmest of partisans.
- 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter 1
- To the strength and fierceness of barbarians they added a contempt for life, which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and transmigration of the soul.
- (archaic, colloquial) Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; rich.
- I know the Stuyvesant family —puff— every one of them —puff— not a more respectable family in the province —puff— old standards —puff— warm householders —puff— none of your upstarts
- You shall have a draught upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he is as warm a man as any within five miles round him.
- (archaic) Requiring arduous effort.
- 1929, The Listener (issues 41-50, page 552)
- The circular iron platform over there is used in the task of tyring the wheels, a warm job, too, by the way.
- 1929, The Listener (issues 41-50, page 552)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:warm
- See also Thesaurus:affectionate
- See also Thesaurus:difficult
Antonyms
- (mild temperature): Arctic, cold, cool, frozen
- (caring): Arctic, cold, cool, frozen
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- heated
- hot
- steamy
- temperature
- tepid
Etymology 2
From Old English werman.
Verb
warm (third-person singular simple present warms, present participle warming, simple past and past participle warmed)
- (transitive) To make or keep warm.
- Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself.
- 1825, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Morituri Salutamus
- enough to warm, but not enough to burn
- (intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
- The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.
- (intransitive) To favour increasingly.
- (intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
- The speaker warms as he proceeds.
- (transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
- November 20, 1717, Alexander Pope, letter to the Bishop of Rochester
- there was a collection of all that had been written{{..}}: I warmed my head with them.
- Bright hopes, that erst the bosom warmed.
- November 20, 1717, Alexander Pope, letter to the Bishop of Rochester
- (transitive, colloquial) To beat or spank.
- 1945, The Atlantic (volume 176, page 94)
- Not bothering to turn around and not missing a mouthful, Myrtle comforted her with threats of "I'll warm your bottom"; "I'll turn you over to your dad"; "I'll lock you in the truck"; "I'll send for the bogey man" — all of which Darleen ignored […]
- 1945, The Atlantic (volume 176, page 94)
Derived terms
- like death warmed over
Translations
Noun
warm (plural warms)
- (colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch warm, from Middle Dutch warm, from Old Dutch warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz.
Adjective
warm (attributive warmer, comparative warmste, superlative warmste)
- warm
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- woare, woarm, wore, wérme
Etymology
From Middle High German warm, from Old High German warm. Cognate with German warm, Dutch warm, English warm, Icelandic varmur.
Adjective
warm
- (Formazza) warm
References
- “warm” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch warm, from Old Dutch warm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, of uncertain origin; derivations from either Proto-Indo-European *g??er- (“warm, hot”) or *wer- (“to burn”) have been proposed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??r(?)m/
- Hyphenation: warm
- Rhymes: -?rm
Adjective
warm (comparative warmer, superlative warmst)
- warm, hot
- Antonym: koud
- (meteorology, officially) 20 °C or more
Inflection
Derived terms
- warmte
- warmwater
Descendants
- Afrikaans: warm
See also
- tropisch
- zomers
German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German warm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /varm/, [va?m], [va??m], [va?m], [?-]
Adjective
warm (comparative wärmer, superlative am wärmsten)
- warm; mildly hot
- Antonyms: kalt, kühl
- (of clothes) warm; keeping the wearer warm
- (dated, except in warmer Bruder) homosexual, gay
- Synonym: schwul
Usage notes
- German warm means “warm”, but not “feeling warm”; therefore the phrase ich bin warm (literally “I am warm”) would mean that one’s body has a high temperature, particularly that one’s skin is warm on the outside. The English “I am warm” (that is: I feel warm) is equivalent to German mir ist warm (literally “to me it's warm”).
- Although warm (“gay”) is not in general use, this sense is current enough to make it advisable not to describe the relation between two men as warm (unless the implication is intended).
Declension
Derived terms
Adverb
warm
- (of rent-paying) including utilities
- Antonym: kalt
Derived terms
- Warmmiete
Further reading
- “warm” in Duden online
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch warm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm
Adjective
warm
- warm, hot
- warm, keeping the wearer warm (of clothes)
- warm (of emotions)
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- w?erm
- werm
Descendants
- Dutch: warm
- Afrikaans: warm
- Limburgish: werm
- West Flemish: werm
Further reading
- “warm”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “warm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
- warme, werm, wearm
Etymology
From Old English wearm
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /warm/, /w?rm/
Adjective
warm (plural and weak singular warme, comparative warmer, superlative warmest)
- (temperature) warm, mildly hot
- (weather) warm, pleasant, mild
- heated, warmed
- (locations or garments) having a tendency to be warm; designed to stay warm
- Being at a healthy temperature
- enthusiastic, vigourous
Descendants
- Scots: wairm
- English: warm
References
- “warm, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.
Noun
warm
- warmness, heat
References
- “warm, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *warm
Adjective
warm
- warm
Derived terms
- warm?
Descendants
- Middle High German: warm
- Alemannic German: warm
- Italian Walser: warm, woare, woarm, wore, wérme
- Bavarian: borm
- Cimbrian: barm
- Mòcheno: bòrm
- Udinese: borm, borbm, boarm
- Central Franconian: wärm, warm
- Hunsrik: waarem
- German: warm
- Luxembourgish: waarm
- Yiddish: ???????? (varem)
- Alemannic German: warm
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *warm (“warm”)
Adjective
warm (comparative warmoro, superlative warmost)
- warm
Declension
Descendants
- Low German: warm
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active
English
Etymology
From Middle English actyf, from Old French actif, from Latin activus, from agere (“to do, to act”); see act.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æk.t?v/
- Rhymes: -ækt?v
Adjective
active (comparative more active, superlative most active)
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- Synonym: acting
- Antonym: passive
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- Synonyms: agile, nimble
- Antonyms: passive, indolent, still
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- Synonyms: in action, working, in force
- Antonyms: quiescent, dormant, extinct
- (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. […] He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
- Synonyms: busy, deedful, diligent, energetic
- Antonyms: dull, sluggish, indolent, inert
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- Synonym: operative
- Antonyms: passive, tranquil, sedentary
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- Antonyms: theoretical, speculative
- Brisk; lively.
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- Antonyms: passive, slow
- (heading, grammar) About verbs.
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- (electronics) Not passive.
- (gay sexual slang) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
- Synonym: top
- Antonyms: passive, bottom
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:active
Derived terms
Related terms
- act
Translations
See also
- versatile (in relation to sense 10)
Noun
active (plural actives)
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
- 1989, The Alcalde (volume 78, number 2, page 11)
- "Alumni could become more active in giving guidance and leadership to students. They act as sort of a 'maturity governor' on fraternities," notes Ratliff, citing surveys suggesting that fraternity actives presume mistakenly that alumni want hazing […]
- 1989, The Alcalde (volume 78, number 2, page 11)
- (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
- 2013, David Manners, Hitchhikers' Guide to Electronics in the '90s (page 36)
- Components are split into two broad segments: actives and passives. Active components like the vacuum tube and the transistor contain the power to generate and alter electrical signals.
- 2013, David Manners, Hitchhikers' Guide to Electronics in the '90s (page 36)
Further reading
- active in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- active in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Cavite
Asturian
Verb
active
- first-person singular present subjunctive of activar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of activar
French
Adjective
active
- feminine singular of actif
Verb
active
- first-person singular present indicative of activer
- third-person singular present indicative of activer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of activer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of activer
- second-person singular imperative of activer
Anagrams
- cavité
German
Alternative forms
- aktive
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin ?ct?v?.
Adverb
active
- (grammar, obsolete) actively
Etymology 2
Adjective
active
- inflection of activ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Interlingua
Adjective
active (not comparable)
- active
Related terms
- action
- activitate
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
?ct?v? (comparative ?ct?vius, superlative ?ct?vissim?)
- (grammar) actively
Etymology 2
Adjective
?ct?ve
- vocative masculine singular of ?ct?vus
References
- active in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- active in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Middle English
Adjective
active
- Alternative form of actyf
Noun
active
- Alternative form of actyf
Portuguese
Verb
active
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of activar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of activar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of activar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of activar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ak?ti.ve]
Adjective
active
- nominative feminine plural of activ
- accusative feminine plural of activ
- nominative neuter plural of activ
- accusative neuter plural of activ
Spanish
Verb
active
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of activar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of activar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of activar.
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