1. Run until the normal working temperature is reached
   "We warmed up the car for a few minutes"
    
2. Become more friendly or open
   "She warmed up after we had lunch together"
    
3. Get warm or warmer
   "The soup warmed up slowly on the stove";
   - warm
    
4. Cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles
   "The coach warmed up the players before the game"
    
5. Make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
   "She warmed up with some yoga poses";
   - limber up, loosen up

1. A preliminary performance or introduction
   "The comedian did a 10-minute warm-up before the main act"
    
2. Preparatory exercises or practice before physical activity
   "the singers have to warm up"; "the marathon runner did not warm up and hurt himself"; "Do your warm-ups before running"

Derived forms: warms up, warm-ups, warmed up, warming up

Type of: change, exercise, fix, gear up, operate, preparation, prepare, ready, readying, run, set, set up, work out

Encyclopedia: Warm up