a regime of gentle exercise undertaken before some strenuous exercise or sport

present participle of warm up

Eliciting cosy feelings of tenderness and sympathy.

A covered metal pan attached to a long handle, holding live coals and used to warm a bed. / (figuratively, dated) A person put into a situation to hold it until another person can take over.

A sustained increase in the average temperature of the Earth, sufficient to cause climate change.

Alternative form of housewarming

(zoology) maintaining a relatively constant and warm body temperature, regardless of the ambient temperature; endothermic. / (idiomatic) passionate

warm as a freshly baked muffin

Alternative spelling of housewarming

(vulgar, slang) lukewarm