warm to someone Definition

warm
adj warmer, warmest

1. Moderately, comfortably or pleasantly hot.

Thesaurus: heated, lukewarm, mild, tepid, temperate, clement.
2. Said eg of clothes: providing and preserving heat.
3. Said of work: making one hot.
4. Said of a person: kind-hearted and affectionate.

Thesaurus: friendly, gracious, cordial, empathetic, sympathetic, outgoing.
5. Said of an environment, etc: welcoming and congenial.
6. Enthusiastic; whole-hearted.
7. old use
Vehement; indignant.
Thesaurus: glowing, perspiring, flushed, ardent, hot, passionate, excited; angry, inflamed, hot under the collar; Antonym: cool, chilly.
8. Said of a colour: suggestive of comfortable heat, typically containing red or yellow.
9. Said of a trail or scent: still fresh enough to follow.
10. In a children's game, etc: close to guessing correctly or finding the thing sought.
11. old use
Said of one's situation: awkward or dangerous.

verb warmed, warming

tr & intr
1. To make or become warm or warmer.

Thesaurus: heat, heat up; Antonym: cool.
2. To gain in enthusiasm for (a task) as one performs it.

Form: warm to something (usually)
3a. To become or make it warm or warmer;

Form: warm up (usually)
Form: warm something up
3b. To reheat (food);

Form: warm up (usually)
Form: warm something up
3c. Said of a party, etc: to become or make it livelier;

Thesaurus: arouse, stimulate, agitate, excite, inflame.
Form: warm up (usually)
Form: warm something up
3d. Said of an engine: to reach, or bring it up to, an efficient working temperature.

Form: warm up (usually)
Form: warm something up

Derivative: warmly
adverb

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon wearm.

Phrasal Verb: warm to someone

To gain in affection or approval for them.

Phrasal Verb: warm up

To exercise the body gently in preparation for a strenuous work-out, race or athletic contest, etc. See also warm-up.