be+warmed

  • 1warmed-over — adj [usually before noun] AmE 1.) warmed over food has been cooked before and then heated again for eating →↑reheat 2.) warmed over ideas or arguments have been used before and are not interesting or useful any more →look/feel like death warmed… …

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  • 2warmed-over — warmed o|ver [ ,wɔrmd ouvər ] adjective AMERICAN 1. ) warmed over ideas or arguments are not new or original 2. ) warmed over food had gone cold but has been heated again to make it warm enough to eat …

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  • 3warmed-over — warmed′ o′ver adj. 1) (of cooked foods) reheated: warmed over stew[/ex] 2) reworked or repeated without enthusiasm or introduction of new ideas; stale: a warmed over version of an old plot[/ex] • Etymology: 1885–90 …

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  • 4warmed-over — ☆ warmed over [wôrmd′ō′vər ] adj. 1. reheated [warmed over hash] 2. presented again, without freshness or significant change [warmed over ideas] …

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  • 5warmed-o|ver — «WRMD OH vuhr», adjective. 1. warmed again, as food that has become cold; reheated. 2. Figurative: »American televiewers are in for the largest helping of warmed over fare in TV history this summer (Newsweek). SYNONYM(S): old, stale …

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  • 6warmed-up — adj if you are warmed up, you have done a set of gentle exercises to prepare your body for playing a sport, dancing etc …

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  • 7warmed-up — [ ,wɔrmd ʌp ] adjective 1. ) ready to do a sport or other activity 2. ) BRITISH WARMED OVER for eating …

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  • 8warmed over — warmed on a stove, reheated    For supper we had warmed over waffles. They tasted okay …

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  • 9warmed-over — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: warmed (past participle of warm) (II) + over 1. : reheated warmed over cabbage 2. : introduced or examined again without new life or interest : not fresh …

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  • 10Warmed — Warm Warm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Warming}.] [AS. wearmian. See {Warm}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. [1913 …

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