Synonyms for warming up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wawrm

Phonetic Transcription : wɔrm

Top 10 synonyms for warming up

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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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