Antonyms for warms up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : wawrm |
Phonetic Transcription : wɔrm |
- abandon
- aid
- be happy
- break
- cease
- chill
- coagulate
- conceal
- confuse
- cool
- decrease
- demolish
- destroy
- disallow
- disarrange
- discourage
- disorder
- disorganize
- disperse
- displace
- dissuade
- disturb
- dull
- fail
- forget
- freeze
- go cold turkey
- grow
- halt
- help
- hide
- hold back
- hurt
- idle
- ignore
- laze
- learn
- let go
- lose
- mislead
- mix up
- neglect
- not use
- prevent
- put out
- relax
- rest
- retard
- ruin
- scatter
- slow
- solidify
- stop
- take
- take back
- unfit
- unfurnish
- unsettle
- upset
- weaken
- wet
- worry
- wreck
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
- 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
- accustom
- act
- adapt
- adjust
- anticipate
- appoint
- arrange
- assemble
- bake
- barbecue
- bask
- become liquid
- become seasoned
- become soft
- blanch
- blaze
- boil
- brace
- brainwash
- braise
- break
- break in
- brew
- brief
- broil
- brown
- build up
- burn
- calorify
- care for
- chafe
- char
- clear the decks
- coach
- coddle
- concoct
- condition
- construct
- contrive
- cook
- cultivate
- curry
- decoct
- deep fry
- defrost
- deliquesce
- depict
- describe
- develop
- devil
- discipline
- dispose
- dissolve
- do again
- do over
- doctor
- draw up
- dress
- dress rehearse
- drill
- drum into
- dry run
- educate
- endow
- enflame
- enkindle
- enlighten
- equip
- escallop
- exercise
- exert
- experiment
- fabricate
- fashion
- fill in
- fire
- fit
- fit out
- fix
- flame
- flow
- flush
- flux
- form
- formulate
- fortify
- foster
- french fry
- fricassee
- frizzle
- fry
- furnish
- fuse
- gear up
- get
- get a workout
- get in shape
- get ready
- get set
- gird
- glow
- go over
- go through
- griddle
- grill
- groom
- ground
- grow hot
- grow strong
- grow warm
- guide
- habituate
- harden
- heat
- hold a reading
- hone
- ignite
- imbue
- improve
- incandesce
- incinerate
- inflame
- instruct
- inure
- iterate
- keep posted
- kindle
- labor
- lay the groundwork
- learn one's part
- let in on
- lick into shape
- limber up
- liquefy
- loosen
- loosen up
- make
- make provision
- make ready
- make up
- maneuver
- melt
- microwave
- modify
- mold
- mollify
- mull
- narrate
- nuke
- open up
- order
- organize
- outfit
- oxidate
- oxidize
- panfry
- parboil
- parch
- pave the way
- percolate
- perfect
- perspire
- plan
- ply
- poach
- polish
- post
- practice
- prep
- prepare
- pressure-cook
- prime
- produce
- program
- provide
- psych up
- pump iron
- put in order
- put on the fire
- put on to
- put out
- put through grind
- put through mill
- put together
- qualify
- raise the temperature
- ready
- rear
- recapitulate
- recite
- recount
- reduce
- reenact
- rehearse
- reheat
- reiterate
- relate
- relax
- relent
- repeat
- review
- roast
- ruin
- run
- run lines
- run through
- sauté
- scald
- school
- scorch
- sear
- season
- seethe
- set
- set on fire
- settle
- shake-down
- shape
- shape up
- sharpen
- show the ropes
- simmer
- singe
- sizzle
- smelt
- smooth the way
- soften
- spoil
- steam
- steel
- steep
- stew
- strain
- strengthen
- study
- sun
- supply
- swelter
- take from the top
- tame
- teach
- tell
- tepefy
- test
- thaw
- toast
- tone up
- toughen up
- train
- try out
- tune up
- turn out
- tutor
- unbend
- update
- walk through
- warm
- warm over
- warm up
- whip into shape
- wise up
- work
- work out
- work over
- zap
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