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Warming

of Warm

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Similar meaning 4

Hot 84% connected

of Hight

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Hot 84% connected

of Hight

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Warm 84% connected

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Warm 84% connected

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Narrower term 5

Boiling 76% connected

of Boil

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Melt 76% connected

See 2d Milt.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Melting 76% connected

of Melt

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Thaw 76% connected

To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Thawing 76% connected

of Thaw

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Broader term 1

Weather 76% connected

The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorologi…

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Derivationally related 2

Warm 74% connected

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Warm 74% connected

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 4

Calefacient 92% connected

Making warm; heating.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Heating 92% connected

of Heat

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Thaw 92% connected

To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Thawing 92% connected

of Thaw

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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