What does warm up mean?

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warm up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. warm-up, tune-up, prolusionverb

    exercising in preparation for strenuous activity

  2. warm upverb

    run until the normal working temperature is reached

    "We warmed up the car for a few minutes"

  3. warm upverb

    become more friendly or open

    "She warmed up after we had lunch together"

  4. warm, warm upverb

    get warm or warmer

    "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"

  5. warm upverb

    cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles

    "The coach warmed up the players before the game"

  6. limber up, warm up, loosen upverb

    make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity

Wiktionary

  1. warm upverb

    To make an audience enthusiastic or animated before a show

  2. warm upverb

    To reach a normal operating temperature (of a car for example)

  3. warm upverb

    To reheat food

  4. warm upverb

    To become warmer

  5. warm upverb

    To prepare for executing an already-learned activity by a limited amount of additional practice.

ChatGPT

  1. warm up

    A warm-up generally refers to a period or act of preparation before an activity or event. Usually, this involves light exercises or practice to gradually increase heart rate, stimulate muscles and improve physical or mental readiness. This can apply to various contexts such as sports, performance arts, workout routines or even before engaging in a major task or project.

Wikidata

  1. Warm Up

    Warm Up is a Formula One style racing video game, released in 2000 developed by Lankhor, and published by Microïds, for Microsoft Windows based PCs. The game can be played by up to 10 players on a network. The game does not have the proper license, and therefore does not have the correct teams and drivers, etc.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of warm up in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of warm up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of warm up in a Sentence

  1. Roger Federer:

    We went to warm up and were having a blast on the court, but then everything started to get a bit crazy, i was thinking is this the best scenario ? Because people need to get home and be safe and this was honestly when I knew we shouldn't play, it was too much stress and pressure for everybody.

  2. Carl James:

    I have been hearing July, as long as these fires don't start back up, it's supposed to warm up. For days it's been cruddy, spitting rain. It's been cold.

  3. Joe Johnson:

    Riding in a car for two, 2 1/2 hours and then get out and have to warm up and play. That was tough.

  4. Zach Harting:

    I could n’t sleep last night, woke up before my alarm, heart pounding out of my chest, crazy adrenaline, i wanted to puke all through warm-up, still kind of want to do that. I do n’t think I really handled it well, but I knew I was going to win so that kind of gave me a little bit of peace.

  5. Carrie Goodman:

    I think the firs really warm up the house.


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