Complete Definition of "warm up"

English
Verb
en-verb|inf=warm up|warms up|warming up|warmed up

  1. transitive To make an audience enthusiastic or animated before a show
  2. transitive To reach a normal operating temperature (of a car for example)
  3. transitive To reheat food
  4. intransitive To become warmer

#* He came inside to warm up.

  1. intransitive To prepare for executing an already-learned activity by a limited amount of additional practice.

#* They warmed up by throwing the ball around a few minutes.

Related terms
warm-up

Translations
trans-top|to make an audience enthusiastic
Finnish: lämmittää, lämmitellä
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to reach a normal operating temperature
Finnish: lämmittää (transitive), lämmetä (intransitive)
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to reheat food
Finnish: lämmittää
trans-mid
trans-bottom

ttbc-top
ttbc|French: se chauffer
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Category:English transitive verbs
Category:English phrasal verbs

it:warm up

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