warming

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈwɔːmɪŋ/
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/ˈwɔːmɪŋ/ · /ˈwoɹmɪŋ/

Definition of warming

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A small rise in temperature.
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noun

  1. A small rise in temperature.
  2. (slang)A beating; a thrashing.
    “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.”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of warm

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Etymology

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

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