warm up — to prepare your body for exercise by doing gentle physical activity
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to prepare your body for exercise by doing gentle physical activity
Pronunciation (IPA): /wɔːrm ʌp/
Example Sentences
- My grandma always says, 'Warm up your body before you warm up your dinner!'
- The robot needed five minutes to warm up before it could move.
- He tried to warm up to his new coworkers by bringing donuts every Monday.
warm up
VERB[/wɔːrm ʌp/]
to prepare your body for exercise by doing gentle physical activity
The runners warm up with light stretches before the big race.
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
The word 'warm' derives from Old English 'wearm', meaning 'having heat' or 'being at a comfortable temperature'. The phrasal verb 'warm up' developed by combining 'warm' with the adverb 'up', which indicates direction and completion, creating a figurative sense of gradually improving temperature, condition, or atmosphere.
Breakdown
warm (Old English wearm, meaning 'having heat') + up (adverb denoting upward direction and intensification), together forming a phrasal verb meaning to increase temperature, intensity, or readiness progressively.
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“My grandma always says, 'Warm up your body before you warm up your dinner!'”
“The robot needed five minutes to warm up before it could move.”
“He tried to warm up to his new coworkers by bringing donuts every Monday.”
“Please warm up the leftovers in the microwave, not on the stove—last time it caught fire!”
“The singer did some vocal warm-ups before the concert began.”
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