Antonyms for warms up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wawrm

Phonetic Transcription : wɔrm

Definition of warms 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 :

Rather stand-offish, and distant, though sometimes he warms up.
Extract from : « Tom Fairfield's Schooldays » by Allen Chapman

"An' mind you warms up the cold bacon pie," added the stoker.
Extract from : « Golden Stories » by Various

Even that funny daughter of Sharon's, Cousin Juliana, she warms up now and then—slips me a couple of twenties or so.
Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson

An agreeable surprise is something like sunshine in November; it warms up the constitution, mentally and physically.
Extract from : « The Pirate City » by R.M. Ballantyne

He has put his little sister in school, and he warms up when he speaks of the child.
Extract from : « The Cottage of Delight » by Will N. Harben

But on the contrary, when the sun can strike the hive, it warms up the bees, and melts the frost more frequently.
Extract from : « Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained » by M. Quinby

And some story that old fellow can tell his daughter—if he warms up enough to do it.
Extract from : « Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest » by Alice B. Emerson

But it warms up again with the sunshine next day, keeping time and tune with the varying moods of the final days of the summer.
Extract from : « Some Summer Days in Iowa » by Frederick John Lazell

The authoress then warms up to her work, and begins to show her quality, which is that of a true literary artist.
Extract from : « The Galaxy » by Various

Plowing early in the spring warms up the soil and sets plants to work more quickly.
Extract from : « Apple Growing » by M. C. Burritt

Synonyms for warms up

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