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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Warm \Warm\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Warmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Warming}.] [AS. wearmian. See {Warm}, adjective]
1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.
Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself. --Isa. xliv 15
Enough to warm, but not enough to burn. --Longfellow.
2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings. --Pope.
Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. --Keble.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Warming \Warm"ing\, a. & n. from {Warm}, v.
{Warming pan}, a long-handled covered pan into which live coals are put, -- used for warming beds. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
warming
adjective
1: imparting heat; "a warming fire"
2: producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a mustard plaster is calefacient" [syn: {calefacient}]
noun
1: the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature [syn: {heating}]
2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: {thaw}, {thawing}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "warming": beating, burning, calefacient, calefaction, calefactive, calefactory, cauterant, chafing, cooking, debacle, defeasance, dielectric heating, drubbing, electric heating, electronic heating, furnace heating, gas heating, heat exchange, heating, hot-air heating, increase of temperature, induction heating, insolation, licking, oil heating, overthrow, panel heating, radiant heating, recalescence, rout, shellacking, steam heating, superheating, tepefaction, thrashing, torrefaction
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