glow
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See also głów
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Possibly from the Old English glōwan, though this is disputed because the corresponding words in Old Saxon and Old High German are dissimilar, glojan and gluoen respectively. It may instead be from an Old Norse word, glóa. Its ultimate root is probably Proto-Germanic *glo-. See glass.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
glow (third-person singular simple present glows, present participle glowing, simple past and past participle glowed)
- To give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated.
- The fire was still glowing after ten hours.
- To radiate some emotional quality like light.
- The zealots glowed with religious fervor.
- The new baby's room glows with bright, loving colors.
- You are glowing from happiness!
- To gaze especially passionately at something.
- To radiate thermal heat.
- Iron glows red hot when heated to its melting point.
- After their work out, the gymnasts faces were glowing red.
- To shine brightly and steadily.
- (transitive) To make hot; to flush.
- Shakespeare
- Fans, whose wind did seem / To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool.
- Shakespeare
Translations [edit]
to give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated
to radiate some emotional quality like light
to gaze especially passionately at something
to radiate thermal heat
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to shine brightly and steadily
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Noun [edit]
glow (uncountable)
- The state of a glowing object.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- The door of the twins' room opposite was open; a twenty-watt night-light threw a weak yellow glow into the passageway. David could hear the twins breathing in time with each other.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings.
- The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face).
- He had a bright red glow on his face.
Translations [edit]
the state of a glowing object
the condition of being passionate or having warm feelings
the brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person
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