warm up

Meanings

1. To become warmer.
2. To heat or reheat (e.g. food).
3. To reach, or cause to reach, a normal operating temperature (of a car for example).
4. To physically or mentally prepare oneself, something or someone for an activity.
5. To do gentle exercise, stretching etc., in order to prepare the body for more vigorous exercise.
6. To prepare for an activity by carrying out a practice or preparation routine.
7. To make (an audience) enthusiastic or animated before a show.
8. Synonym of warm (to favor increasingly).
9. Synonym of warm (“prepopulate a cache”).
10. Synonym of warm (“send mail from a domain to improve reputation”).