grow warm

VERB

heat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bake boil broil grill ignite melt reheat roast sear steam thaw toast warm

STRONG

bask blaze chafe char enkindle fire flame flush frizzle fry glow incandesce incinerate inflame kindle oxidate oxidize perspire scald scorch seethe singe smelt sun swelter

WEAK

calorify enflame grow hot raise the temperature set on fire tepefy warm up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

freeze

STRONG

put out

WEAK

cool

Example Sentences

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grow warm

As ice melts in the north, seas grow warm and rise in the south.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2020

And the keyboard will clack meaningfully as it is touched, and it will grow warm beneath my touch.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020

Tuesday will start swaddled in fog and will grow warm with highs reaching the upper 70s.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2011

And every time, I felt my face grow warm with embarrassment.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

My cheeks grow warm again, and somewhere deep beneath the layers of black skin, I can feel them blush pink.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles