Warm up - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈwɔːrm ʌp|  American pronunciation of the word warm up
Brit.  |ˈwɔːmʌp|  British pronunciation of the word warm up

noun

- performing mild exercises to prepare for some more strenuous activity
the singers have to warm up
the marathon runner did not warm up and hurt himself

verb

- run until the normal working temperature is reached
- become more friendly or open
- get warm or warmer (syn: warm)
- cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles
- make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity (syn: limber up, loosen up)

Extra examples

Let's sing a few exercises first to warm up.

Let me warm up the soup for you, it won't take a minute.

We started the session with a few knee bends to warm up.

It works best if you let it warm up first.

By midday it had begun to warm up.

If you warm up the butter it'll spread more easily.

With the fire on, the room should soon warm up.

He waited for the photocopier to warm up.

He started to warm up the aircraft's engines.

The race for governor is beginning to warm up.

The band had little time to warm up before going on stage.

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