warming

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of warm

Noun

• A small rise in temperature.
• A beating; a thrashing.

Origin

• From Middle English warminge, warmynge, from Old English wærmiġende, wermende, wyrmende, present participle of Old English wyrman, wirman, equivalent to warm + -ing.
• From Middle English warmyng, warmynge, from Old English wærming, wirming, equivalent to warm + -ing.