warm up

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verb

1. run until the normal working temperature is reached (Freq. 2)
- We warmed up the car for a few minutes
• Hypernyms:
operate, run
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. become more friendly or open (Freq. 2)
- She warmed up after we had lunch together
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. get warm or warmer (Freq. 1)
- The soup warmed slowly on the stove
• Syn:
warm
• Derivationally related forms:
warming (for: warm)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles (Freq. 1)
- The coach warmed up the players before the game
• Derivationally related forms:
warm-up
• Hypernyms:
exercise, work, work out, put to work
• Hyponyms:
limber
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
limber up, loosen up
• Derivationally related forms:
warm-up
• Hypernyms:
exercise, work out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s