Meanings of prefer warm in English

I prefer warm, well-drained soils.

There are times however, when this is not feasible, and there are men who prefer warm bread all the time.

Might there not be hogs so plentiful, quarry so readily captured, that the overdisdainful monarch would prefer warm meat to cold?

Most likely this is due to climate: heavier dragons greatly prefer warm environs, where their air-sacs can more easily compensate for their tremendous weight.

The bizarre-looking species is only found in a few colonies in southern England, preferring warm valleys and woodland.

Birdie jumped onto the chair beside me, preferring warm chicken to the hard brown pellets I'd served up.

Myrtle rust prefers warm, humid conditions - much like those that can be found in New Zealand's subtropical north.

He prefers warm water to cold; so he lives in the tropical seas, swimming about the coasts of India, Africa, and Australia.

And he has preferred warm fellowship to cold perfection, so that sinners love him and saints are content to wait for him.

The windows were closed too tightly; for I had always kept the house very cool, although I had known that Theresa preferred warm rooms.

"That's why I've always preferred warm climates."