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# lukewarm

«lukewarm» in Mova's school dictionary: **Only slightly warm; not hot and not cold: «lukewarm water»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (lukewarm)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Only slightly warm; not hot and not cold: «lukewarm water». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lukewarm/#m1)

2) Not very interested or excited: «a lukewarm response». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lukewarm/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: wash a burn under cool, not lukewarm, running water; bath water for babies should be lukewarm; lukewarm tea is disappointing. In stories «a lukewarm welcome» means people were not very friendly or excited.

### examples

- The bath water was lukewarm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lukewarm/#x1)
- My tea went lukewarm while I was talking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lukewarm/#x2)
- Wash the cut with lukewarm water and soap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lukewarm/#x3)
- The new idea got a lukewarm response from the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lukewarm/#x4)
- Babies need lukewarm milk, not hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lukewarm/#x5)
- The soup is lukewarm, so please heat it up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lukewarm/#x6)
- Sometimes he came home with his head bandaged, and then Wendy cooed over him and bathed it in lukewarm water, while he told a dazzling tale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lukewarm/#x7)

### note

One word, no comparative usually. «Luke» here is an old word meaning slightly warm, not the name Luke. Similar: tepid.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lukewarm» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lukewarm/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.