English

Verb

warm up ‎(third-person singular simple present warms up, present participle warming up, simple past and past participle warmed up)

1. (transitive) To make an audience enthusiastic or animated before a show

   Rich knew how to warm up the audience of The Price is Right. His good looks and charming personality made even that special.

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.

5. (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
• warm down

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waʁm œp/

Noun

warm up m ‎(plural warm ups)

1. heat (preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race)
2. warm-up