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Hot vs. Warm

Hot and Warm Definitions

Hot

Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.

Warm

Somewhat hotter than temperate; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat; moderately hot
A warm climate.

Hot

Being at a high temperature.

Warm

Having the natural heat of living beings
A warm body.

Hot

Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable
A hot forehead.

Warm

Preserving or imparting heat
A warm jacket.
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Hot

Causing a burning sensation, as in the mouth; spicy
Hot peppers.
A hot curry.

Warm

Having or causing a sensation of unusually high body heat, as from exercise or hard work; overheated.

Hot

Charged or energized with electricity
A hot wire.

Warm

Marked by enthusiasm; ardent
Warm support.

Hot

Radioactive or designed to use radioactive materials.

Warm

Characterized by liveliness, excitement, or disagreement; heated
A warm debate.
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Hot

Marked by intensity of emotion; ardent or fiery
A hot temper.

Warm

Marked by or revealing friendliness or sincerity; cordial
Warm greetings.

Hot

Having or displaying great enthusiasm; eager
Hot for travel.

Warm

Loving; passionate
A warm embrace.

Hot

(Informal) Arousing intense interest, excitement, or controversy
A hot new book.
A hot topic.

Warm

Excitable, impetuous, or quick to be aroused
A warm temper.
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Hot

(Informal) Marked by excited activity or energy
A hot week on the stock market.

Warm

Predominantly red or yellow in tone
A warm sunset.

Hot

Violent; raging
A hot battle.

Warm

Recently made; fresh
A warm trail.

Hot

Sexually attractive.

Warm

Close to discovering, guessing, or finding something, as in certain games.

Hot

Sexually attracted; full of desire
In this week's show, the surgeon is really hot for the new intern.

Warm

(Informal) Uncomfortable because of danger or annoyance
Things are warm for the bookies.

Hot

Sexually aroused.

Warm

To raise slightly in temperature; make warm
Warmed the rolls a bit more.
Warm up the house.

Hot

Recently stolen
A hot car.

Warm

To make zealous or ardent; enliven.

Hot

Wanted by the police
A hot suspect.

Warm

To fill with pleasant emotions
We were warmed by the sight of home.

Hot

Close to a successful solution or conclusion
Hot on the trail.

Warm

To become warm
The rolls are warming in the oven.

Hot

Most recent; new or fresh
A hot news item.
The hot fashions for fall.

Warm

To become ardent, enthusiastic, or animated
Began to warm to the subject.

Hot

Currently very popular or successful
One of the hottest young talents around.

Warm

To become kindly disposed or friendly
She felt the audience warming to her.

Hot

Requiring immediate action or attention
A hot opportunity.

Warm

A warming or heating.

Hot

(Slang) Very good or impressive. Often used in the negative
I'm not so hot at math.

Warm

Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.
The tea is still warm.
This is a very warm room.

Hot

(Slang) Funny or absurd
Told a hot one about the neighbors' dog.

Warm

Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.
We have a warm friendship.

Hot

Performing with great skill and daring
A hot drummer.

Warm

Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.

Hot

Having or characterized by repeated successes
A player who is on a hot streak.

Warm

Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.

Hot

Fast and responsive
A hot sports car.

Warm

Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.

Hot

Unusually lucky
Hot at craps.

Warm

(figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness
A warm piano sound

Hot

(Music) Of, relating to, or being an emotionally charged style of performance marked by strong rhythms and improvisation
Hot jazz.

Warm

(archaic) Ardent, zealous.
A warm debate, with strong words exchanged

Hot

Bold and bright.

Warm

Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; prosperous.

Hot

In a hot manner; hotly.

Warm

(archaic) Requiring arduous effort.

Hot

While hot
Foods that are best eaten hot.

Warm

(transitive) To make or keep warm.

Hot

(Informal) To cause to increase in intensity or excitement. Often used with up
"His book is an exercise in the fashionable art of instant history, in which every episode is hotted up with an anecdote" (Harper's).

Warm

(intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
My socks are warming by the fire.
The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.

Hot

Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.

Warm

Sometimes in the form warm up To favour increasingly.
He is warming to the idea.
Her classmates are gradually warming to her.

Hot

(of an object) Having or giving off a high temperature.
He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand.
It is too hot to be outside.
It is hotter in summer than in winter.

Warm

(intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
The speaker warms as he proceeds.

Hot

(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
I was so hot from being in the sun too long.
Aren't you hot with that thick coat on?

Warm

(transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.

Hot

Feverish.

Warm

To beat or spank.

Hot

Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).

Warm

To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.

Hot

Electrically charged.
A hot wire

Warm

(colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?

Hot

(informal) Radioactive.

Warm

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
Warm and still is the summer night.

Hot

(figurative) Relating to excited emotions.

Warm

Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.

Hot

(of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
Be careful, he has a hot temper and may take it out on you.

Warm

Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.

Hot

Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
That stripper is hot!

Warm

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!
Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.
They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad mouths at.
I had been none of the warmest of partisans.

Hot

(slang) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.

Warm

Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.
Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't.

Hot

(slang) Sexually aroused; randy.
Enough foreplay! You’ve gotten me so hot already!

Warm

Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.
Warm householders, every one of them.
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.

Hot

Extremely attracted to.
Hot for her English teacher

Warm

In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.
Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," children say at blindman's buff.

Hot

Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

Warm

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.

Hot

(informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
He's a hot young player, we should give him a trial.

Warm

To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.
Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself.
Enough to warm, but not enough to burn.

Hot

Popular; in demand.
This new pickup is so hot we can't keep it in stock!

Warm

To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings.
Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed.

Hot

Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
A hot topic

Warm

To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.
There shall not be a coal to warm at.

Hot

Performing strongly; having repeated successes.

Warm

To become ardent or animated; as, the speake warms as he proceeds.

Hot

Fresh; just released.

Warm

The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.

Hot

Relating to danger or risk.

Warm

Get warm or warmer;
The soup warmed slowly on the stove

Hot

Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.

Warm

Make warm or warmer;
The blanket will warm you

Hot

(slang) Characterized by police presence or activity.
I wouldn't speed through here if I was you. This area is hot this time of night.

Warm

Having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat;
A warm body
A warm room
A warm climate
A warm coat

Hot

Stolen.
Hot merchandise

Warm

Psychologically warm; friendly and responsive;
A warm greeting
A warm personality
Warm support

Hot

Not covered by funds on account.
I wouldn't trust him. He gave me a hot check last week.

Warm

(color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows;
Warm reds and yellows and orange

Hot

Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
Am I warm yet? — You're hot!
He was hot on her tail.

Warm

Having or displaying warmth or affection;
Affectionate children
Caring parents
A fond embrace
Fond of his nephew
A tender glance
A warm embrace

Hot

(of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
This kind of chili pepper is way too hot for my taste.

Warm

Freshly made or left;
A warm trail
The scent is warm

Hot

(of an electric musical instrument) Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier.

Warm

Easily aroused or excited;
A quick temper
A warm temper

Hot

(slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
He was finished in a hot minute.
I dated him for a hot second.

Warm

Characterized by strong enthusiasm;
Ardent revolutionaries
Warm support

Hot

Extremely fast or with great speed.
That plane's coming in hot!
A hot pass

Warm

Characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement;
A warm debate

Hot

Hotly, at a high temperature.

Warm

Uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble;
Made things warm for the bookies

Hot

Rapidly, quickly.

Warm

Of a seeker; near to the object sought;
You're getting warm
Hot on the trail

Hot

(especially in the phrase "come in hot", "go in hot") While shooting, while firing one's weapon(s).

Warm

In a warm manner;
Warmly dressed
Warm-clad skiers

Hot

To heat; to make or become hot.

Hot

To become lively or exciting.

Hot

Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; - opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air.

Hot

Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.
Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful.
There was mouthing in hot haste.

Hot

Lustful; lewd; lecherous.

Hot

Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.

Hot

Used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning;
Hot stove
Hot water
A hot August day
A hot stuffy room
She's hot and tired
A hot forehead

Hot

Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense;
The fighting became hot and heavy
A hot engagement
A raging battle
The river became a raging torrent

Hot

Extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm;
A hot temper
A hot topic
A hot new book
A hot love affair
A hot argument

Hot

(color) bold and intense;
Hot pink

Hot

Sexually excited or exciting;
Was hot for her
Hot pants

Hot

Recently stolen or smuggled;
Hot merchandise
A hot car

Hot

Very fast;
A blistering pace
Got off to a hot start
In hot pursuit
A red-hot line drive

Hot

Wanted by the police;
A hot suspect

Hot

Performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy;
A hot drummer
He's hot tonight

Hot

Having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers;
Gingery Chinese food
Hot peppers
Hot curry
Corn chips with peppery salsa
Spicy tomato sauce

Hot

Very popular or successful;
One of the hot young talents
Cabbage patch dolls were hot last season

Hot

Very unpleasant or even dangerous;
Make it hot for him
In the hot seat
In hot water

Hot

Newest or most recent;
News hot off the press
Red-hot information

Hot

Having or bringing unusually good luck;
Hot at craps
The dice are hot tonight

Hot

Very good; often used in the negative;
He's hot at math but not so hot at history

Hot

Newly made;
A hot scent

Hot

Capable of quick response and great speed;
A hot sports car

Hot

Having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm;
Hot for travel

Hot

Of a seeker; near to the object sought;
You're getting warm
Hot on the trail

Hot

Having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity;
Hot fuel rods
A hot laboratory

Hot

Charged or energized with electricity;
A hot wire
A live wire

Hot

Marked by excited activity;
A hot week on the stock market

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