Idioms for warm

    warm the bench, Sports. to serve as a substitute who rarely plays in a game: The young outfielder warmed the bench for the Yankees last season.

Origin of warm

before 900; (adj.) Middle English werm, warm, Old English wearm; cognate with German warm, Old Norse varmr; (v.) Middle English warmen, wermen, Old English werman, wirman (transitive), wearmian (intransitive), both akin to the adj.; (noun) derivative of the v.

ANTONYMS FOR warm

1–3, 5, 8 cool.

OTHER WORDS FROM warm

British Dictionary definitions for overwarmed

warm
/ (wɔːm) /

adjective

verb

noun

informal a warm place or area come into the warm
informal the act or an instance of warming or being warmed
See also warm over, warm up

Derived forms of warm

warmer, noun warmish, adjective warmly, adverb warmness, noun

Word Origin for warm

Old English wearm; related to Old Frisian, Old Saxon warm, Old Norse varmr

Idioms and Phrases with overwarmed

warm