glow

[ gloh ]

/ gloʊ /

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noun

a light emitted by or as if by a substance heated to luminosity; incandescence.

brightness of color.

a sensation or state of bodily heat.

a warm, ruddy color of the cheeks.

warmth of emotion or passion; ardor.

verb (used without object)

to emit bright light and heat without flame; become incandescent.

to shine like something intensely heated.

to exhibit a strong, bright color; be lustrously red or brilliant.

(of the cheeks) to exhibit a healthy, warm, ruddy color.

to become or feel very warm or hot.

to show emotion or elation: to glow with pride.

OTHER WORDS FOR glow

9 flush, blush, redden.

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Origin of glow

before 1000; Middle English glowen (v.), Old English glōwan; akin to German glühen,Old Norse glōa

OTHER WORDS FROM glow

outglow, verb (used with object)un·der·glow, noun

Words nearby glow

glove puppet, glover, glover's suture, Gloversville, glove silk, glow, glow discharge, glower, glowfly, glowing, glow lamp

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How to use glow in a sentence

Drape them around your window, patio, garden, or bed frame and you’ll enjoy a warm, home-y glow.
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The glow happens when electrically charged particles from the sun get caught up in Jupiter’s magnetic field, then dumped into the atmosphere where they shed their energy in the form of ultraviolet rays.
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At home, you prepare for bed, still basking in the glow of the beautiful evening.
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He was part of a team that spotted a new visible-light glow from the bubbles.
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When they applied the deblurring algorithm to data from the filament, they saw the glow of synchrotron emissions right away.
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Of course, in her Neverland they bleach your teeth so white they glow and Madonna coaches you on your convincing British accent.
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If only it began and ended with the warm glow of family love.
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“He said, ‘Look in the mirror, and see the glow in your face,’” Allison recalls Cosby saying, according to the Daily News.
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In order to get the ghosts to glow, we had to do what was called a double burn.
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Charred beams and blackened walls showed stark and gaunt in the glow of a smoldering mass of wreckage.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Thus night fell, and darkness settled down about him, relieved only by the red glow of the logs smouldering on the hearth.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
As the bright glow of a little cascade of sparks pierced the darkness, a voice in our rear called sharply: "Hands up!"
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Very trim and strong, and confident he looked, with the glow of youth in his cheeks, and the spark of happiness in his gray eyes.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
The red glow was so brilliant that the whole river was tinged and made luminous by it.
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British Dictionary definitions for glow

glow

/ (ɡləʊ) /

noun

light emitted by a substance or object at a high temperature

a steady even light without flames

brilliance or vividness of colour

brightness or ruddiness of complexion

a feeling of wellbeing or satisfaction

intensity of emotion; ardour

verb (intr)

to emit a steady even light without flames

to shine intensely, as if from great heat

to be exuberant or high-spirited, as from excellent health or intense emotion

to experience a feeling of wellbeing or satisfactionto glow with pride

(esp of the complexion) to show a strong bright colour, esp a shade of red

to be very hot

Word Origin for glow

Old English glōwan; related to Old Norse glōa, Old High German gluoen, Icelandic glōra to sparkle

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