warming
//ˈwɔːmɪŋ//
Forms
- Plural
- warmings
Definitions
1.A small rise in temperature.
2.A beating; a thrashing.(slang)
- 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.
1.present participle and gerund of warm
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4007
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English warmyng, warmynge
From Old English wærming, wirming, equivalent to warm + -ing.