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Synonyms for warming up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : wawrm
Phonetic Transcription : wɔrm

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Définition of warming up

Origin :
  • Old English wyrman "make warm" and wearmian "become warm;" from the root of warm (adj.). Phrase warm the bench is sports jargon first recorded 1907. Warm up (v.) "exercise before an activity" is attested from 1868. In reference to appliances, motors, etc., attested from 1947. Noun phrase warm-up "act or practice of warming up" is recorded from 1915. Related: Warmed; warming.
  • SCOTCH WARMING PAN. A wench. [Grose, "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1788]
  • As in microwave : verb cook
  • As in nuke : verb cook
  • As in practice : verb repeat action to improve
  • As in prepare : verb make or get ready
  • As in ready : verb prepare
  • As in rehearse : verb prepare for performance
  • As in thaw : verb unfreeze, warm
  • As in train : verb prepare
  • As in warm : verb heat up
  • As in condition : verb adapt, prepare
  • As in cook : verb prepare food, usually using heat
  • As in exercise : verb do repeatedly, especially to improve
  • As in heat : verb make or become hot
Example sentences :
  • Cooney and Barter had been warming up, and the latter went in next.
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe in the Big League » by Lester Chadwick
  • Carrie related the incidents of the rehearsal, warming up as she proceeded.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
  • But this was merely the warming up exercise of the editor's vocabulary.
  • Extract from : « The Lady Doc » by Caroline Lockhart
  • “Just what he has to do with any other blackguard,” retorted I, warming up.
  • Extract from : « My Friend Smith » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • He hustled Groverzb out to a freight ship that was warming up for takeoff.
  • Extract from : « Quiet, Please » by Kevin Scott
  • Shame to spoil the race,” said Ed; “we were just warming up.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay » by Margaret Penrose
  • "They are just warming up," Constance told Miss Nevins adroitly.
  • Extract from : « Jane Allen: Center » by Edith Bancroft
  • “No trouble at all,” retorted the officer, warming up to his subject.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts at the Battle of Saratoga » by Herbert Carter
  • I am over here this morning warming up and making ready for dinner.
  • Extract from : « My Boyhood » by John Burroughs
  • In the meantime John was trotting up and down, warming up his mount.
  • Extract from : « Cattle-Ranch to College » by Russell Doubleday

Antonyms for warming up

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