warm-up

Nouns

Verbs

  • (v) run until the normal working temperature is reached
    • We warmed up the car for a few minutes
  • (v) become more friendly or open
    • She warmed up after we had lunch together
  • (v) get warm or warmer
    • The soup warmed slowly on the stove
    warm,
  • (v) cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles
    • The coach warmed up the players before the game
  • (v) make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity limber up, loosen up,

Synonyms

tune-up prolusion warm limber up loosen up

Words of close approximity

warm to