warm up

Speech parts

1. warm up - Noun

2. warm up - Verb

Meaning

make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity

exercising in preparation for strenuous activity

cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles

become more friendly or open

get warm or warmer

run until the normal working temperature is reached

performing mild exercises to prepare for some more strenuous activity

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

warm-up

Synonyms

warm loosen up prolusion limber up cook foundation study action practice problem act test fire training activity
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Antonyms

frost ice cold cool cooling freezing
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Hypernyms

work change run operate exercise preparation

Hyponyms

limber

Related terms

warm up warming up warm down

Examples

Always warm up the audience with a joke....If you are not a particularly funny person, make sure that you inform them that it's a joke. Jacob M. Appel

Most copywriters are like engines. They take a while to warm up to get to the point. Drayton Bird

I practice every day, I warm up before I play. Travis Barker

Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature. Xun Zi

Quite, quite,' she thought with a little sigh. 'It's always like this in their adventures. To save and be saved. I wish somebody would write a story sometime about the people who warm up the heroes afterward. Tove Jansson

You warm up something for ten days and it goes cold in one. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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