warming
 加暖; 加溫
 warming
 加熱 暖機
 Warm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warmed p. pr. & vb. n. Warming.]
 1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.
    Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself.   --Isa. xliv 15
    Enough to warm, but not enough to burn.   --Longfellow.
 2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
    I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings.   --Pope.
    Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed.   --Keble.
 Warm·ing, a. & n. from Warm, v.
 Warming pan, a long-handled covered pan into which live coals are put, -- used for warming beds.
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 warming
      adj 1: imparting heat; "a warming fire"
      2: producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a
         mustard plaster is calefacient" [syn: calefacient]
      n 1: the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature [syn: heating]
      2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they
         welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: thaw, thawing]