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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
warmer
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
body warmer
▪ a fleece body warmer
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He was joined immediately by a burly guy in a padded leather body warmer over a navy blue rugby shirt.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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

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

Wiktionary
warmer

a. (en-comparative of: warm) n. 1 Something that warms, such as a heater or a soup. 2 A piece of clothing for warmth, such as a bodywarmer or leg warmer. 3 An introductory activity, for example in a lesson, to stimulate interest in a topic.

WordNet
warmer

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

Wikipedia
Warmer (album)

Warmer is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Randy VanWarmer.

Usage examples of "warmer".

The ventilation system had been shut down within an hour of the incident to avoid potential spread of anthrax, and the staff was told to expect the offices to be warmer than usual.

The autopilot could and would descend to 11,000 feet where the air was breathable and warmer, and would continue piloting the Straton on its flight path to Tokyo.

And though it invariably meant warmer days and planting and the blossoming of cherry and plum and apple, this year it was not being celebrated.

Therefore, at a time when the littoral regions of the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, or the Gulf of Mexico already enjoyed a warmer climate, and became the seats of higher civilizations, immense territories in middle Europe, Siberia, and Northern America, as well as in Patagonia, Southern Africa, and Southern Australasia, remained in early postglacial conditions which rendered them inaccessible to the civilized nations of the torrid and sub-torrid zones.

Shivering, General Abunnasr Manesh walked into the communications bunker, letting the warmer air caress his face and neck.

A woman mismated as that poor young woman has been is so much to be pitied that a man dragged into her society as Kenneth Oswald was would slide into a warmer feeling without being conscious of it.

A dusty-rose riding habit lay within the finished pieces and she dragged it out, grabbing only pantalettes and stockings and a soft chemisc to wear beneath the coarser, warmer top fabric.

Not a forest of the tall sturdy trees of warmer climates, these birches were stunted and dwarfed by the harsh periglacial conditions, yet they were not without beauty.

The plankton may have been drawn instinctively toward the temporarily warmer environment in the shaft.

He had assumed it would be about at water level, since what had frozen at the ocean surface could hardly be sunk very far by hail landing on it and would presumably be melted from below by warmer and saltier water about as fast as the hail piled up above.

The giant central lake was warmer than bath water, saltier than the Atlantic, and filled with foul-tasting lungfish and coelacanths, plus crocodiles bigger than any bus.

The clothes were extremely plain, without the tiniest frill or ornament, but the fabrics looked soft and serviceable and would be eminently warmer and more comfortable than the scratchy shirt and trousers of her sansculotte outfit.

The jadelike sheen of his smooth, scaleless skin further set him apart from the warmer colors of the merfolk and their scaled tails.

There were chamber pots and bed warmers, laces and cloths, fireplace screens and grandfather clocks, porcelain dolls dressed in long gowns, oak desks, flat irons, old pictures and wall hangings, dishes and glassware, silverware and cooking utensils made of silver and gold, brass and pewter.

Jesse, Gabe, Dennis and Sally were learning more about the little runaway, Agents Turney and Foster were getting warmer too.