Definition of warn

"warn" in the verb sense

1. warn

notify of danger, potential harm, or risk

"The director warned him that he might be fired"

"The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"

2. warn, discourage, admonish, monish

advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

"I warned him not to go too far"

"I warn you against false assumptions"

"She warned him to be quiet"

3. warn

ask to go away

"The old man warned the children off his property"

4. warn

notify, usually in advance

"I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"

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Quotations for warn

Perfect woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, and command;
And yet a spirit still, and bright
With something of an angel light. [ Wordsworth ]

The Wise (Minstrel or Sage), out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from their graves they rise.
Angels - that, side by side, upon our way,
Walk with and warn us! [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

Warn them that are unruly, support the weak, be patient toward all men. [ St. Paul ]

In waking whispers and repeated dreams, to hint pure thoughts and warn the favored soul. [ Thomson ]

The symptoms of compassion and benevolence in some people are like those minute-guns which warn you that you are in deadly peril. [ Mme. Swetchine ]

A thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts, and kept their pale, unbodied shade, to warn us from fleshless hps. [ Bulwer ]

When a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, I think the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like. [ Addison ]

The past but lives in words; a thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts, and kept the pale, unbodied shades to warn us from fleshless lips. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

warn in Scrabble®

The word warn is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters warn:

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warn in Words With Friends™

The word warn is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters warn:

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Words within the letters of warn

2 letter words in warn (2 words)

3 letter words in warn (5 words)

4 letter words in warn (1 word)

warn + 1 blank (4 words)

Words containing the sequence warn

Words that start with warn (8 words)

Words that end with warn (4 words)

Word Growth involving warn

Shorter words in warn

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Longer words containing warn

forwarn forwarned

forwarn forwarning

forwarn forwarns

rewarn forewarn forewarned

rewarn forewarn forewarning

rewarn forewarn forewarns

rewarn prewarned

warned forewarned

warned forwarned

warned prewarned

warned unwarned

warner warners

warning forewarning

warning forwarning

warning warningly

warning warnings

warns forewarns

warns forwarns