warming UK /ˈwɔːmɪŋ/US /ˈwoɹmɪŋ/noun 2forms 1phrases 1 noun2 •A small rise in temperature.The forecast calls for a slight warming trend in the coming days, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the midteens on Sunday and Monday, when the men will hit the snowboard course. — 2022 •(slang) A beating; a thrashing.More than once had he caught me in the act and given me, as he put it, “a good warming,” with his hard hand so, however much I was tempted so to do, I steadfastly refrained. — 2017 formswarmings Phrases with warming heart-warmingEliciting cosy feelings of tenderness and sympathy.
