warmer n 1: device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room [syn: heater, warmer]

warmer ˈwɔ:mə See: BENCH WARMER.

warmer noun Date: circa 1595 one that warms; especially a device for keeping something warm <a hand warmer>

Warm \Warm\, a. [Compar. Warmer; superl. Warmest.] [AS. wearm; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. warm, Icel. varmr, Sw. & Dan. varm, Goth. warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lith. virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Skr. gharma heat, OL. formus warm. ???, ???.] 1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. ``Whose blood is warm within.'' --Shak. Warm and still is the summer night. --Longfellow. 2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing. 3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt. 4. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. Mirth, and youth, and warm desire! --Milton. Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. --Pope. They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad? mouths at. --Addison. I had been none of the warmest of partisans. --Hawthor??. 5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate. Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't. --Dryden. 6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. [Colloq.] Warm householders, every one of them. --W. Irving. You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him. --Goldsmith. 7. In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. [Colloq.] Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting ``warm,'' ?? children say at blindman's buff. --Black. 8. (Paint.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds. Syn: Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.

Warmer \Warm"er\, n. One who, or that which, warms.

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