warm up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
run until the normal working temperature is reached
We warmed up the car for a few minutes
Types & categories
- operate hypernym
Sense 2 verb
become more friendly or open
She warmed up after we had lunch together
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 3 verb
get warm or warmer
The soup warmed slowly on the stove
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- heating derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles
The coach warmed up the players before the game
Types & categories
- exercise hypernym
- put to work hypernym
- limber hyponym
Related & opposite
- tune-up derivation
Sense 5 verb
make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
Types & categories
- exercise hypernym
Related & opposite
- tune-up derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | operate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | heating |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tune-up |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | exercise |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | put to work |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | limber |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tune-up |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | exercise |