warm
keep something warm for someone hold or occupy a place or post until another person is ready to do so.
like death warmed up: seedeath.
make it (or things) warm for someone cause trouble or make things unpleasant for someone.
warm as toast pleasantly warm.
1991W. P. KinsellaBox Socials Scrunched down, warm as toast, between the cookstove and the woodbox, I couldn't see that getting something for nothing could be all that bad.
warm the cockles of someone's heart: seecockle.