warmed-up

Ready to perform

Warmed-up describes something that has been heated or prepared through preliminary activity.

A warmed-up meal has been reheated.

A warmed-up athlete has loosened muscles through stretching or light exercise: The warmed-up runners waited at the starting line.

An engine or machine that's warmed-up has reached optimal operating temperature.

Warmed-up can also suggest something stale or recycled: His speech was just warmed-up rhetoric from the last campaign.

food

reheated

Made food warm again

restored · revived · plate · oven · stovetop · defrosted · thawed · tepid · casserole · soup

audience

receptive

Open to input

laughing · responsive · energized · loosened up · opening act · preliminary · comfortable · relaxed · prepared · enthusiastic

physical

stretching

Extending muscles or material

muscles · joints · circulation · blood flow · prepared · ready · supple · pliable · relaxed · activated

figurative

comfortable

Physically at ease

receptive · open · friendly · thawed · approachable · relaxed · eased · softened · amenable · willing

engine

idling

Operating without working

motor · ignition · started · operating temperature · fuel · car · vehicle · machinery · combustion · RPM

Opposites
temperature state

warmed-upcold

Low temperature state

cooled · chilled · frozen · refrigerated · unheated

physical readiness

warmed-upcold

Low temperature state

stiff · unprepared · tight · out of practice · rusty

performance/operational state

warmed-upcold

Low temperature state

shut down · idle · dormant · switched off · unpracticed

Family

warm, warmed, warming, warms, warmer, warmest, warmth, warmly, warmish

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G