warming

plural warmings

1. 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 February 4, John Branch, “U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson qualifies for the slopestyle final.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022

2. slangA 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, Harry Goulding, A Grimsby Life - Part 1: Henry the Ninth, page 193

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of warm

comparative more warming · superlative most warming

1. Having a warm quality; causing warmth or a warm feeling, such as coziness, comfort, affection, etc.

   Cinnamon is a very warming spice.