warming
English
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editAudio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mɪŋ
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English warminge, warmynge, from Old English wærmiġende, wermende, wyrmende, present participle of Old English wyrman, wirman (“to warm”), equivalent to warm + -ing.
Verb
editwarming
- present participle and gerund of warm
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English warmyng, warmynge, from Old English wærming, wirming, equivalent to warm + -ing.
Noun
editwarming (plural warmings)
- A small rise in temperature.
- (slang) A beating; a thrashing.
- 2017, Harry Goulding, A Grimsby Life - Part 1: Henry the Ninth, page 193:
- More than once had he caught me in the act and given me, as he put it, “a good warming,” with his hard hand so, however much I was tempted so to do, I steadfastly refrained.
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edita small rise in temperature
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References
edit- “warming”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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