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Glow

Glow Meaning & Definition
Glow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Glow?

[n] an appearance of reflected light
[n] light from nonthermal sources
[n] a feeling of considerable warmth; "the glow of new love"; "a glow of regret"
[n] the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
[n] the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
[n] an alert and refreshed state
[v] experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"
[v] be exuberant or high-spirited; "Make the people's hearts glow"
[v] emit a steady even light without flames; "The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden"
[v] esp. of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"
[v] shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Glow: beam | beam | burn | freshness | gleam | gleaming | glowing | incandescence | lambency | luminescence | radiance | radiate | shine | shine

Related Terms | Find terms related to Glow: ablate | activity | afterglow | air glow | alpenglow | animation | ardency | ardor | attractiveness | aurora | bake | be bright | be in heat | be somebody | be something | beacon | beam | beauteousness | beautifulness | beauty | beauty unadorned | bedazzle | beggar description | blanch | blare | blaze | blind | bloom | blossom | blush | blushing | boil | brightness | brilliance | brio | briskness | broil | burn | burning | burst with health | candescence | caper | caracole | change color | charm | chirp | chirrup | choke | color | color up | coloring | combust | cook | crepuscule | crimson | crimsoning | cut a dash | cut a figure | dance | darken | dawnlight | daze | dazzle | diffuse light | effulgence | elan | elegance | emotional health | enjoy good health | enthusiasm | excitement | exquisiteness | feel fine | feel good | fervency | fervor | feverishness | fidget | fieriness | figure | fire | first light | fitness | flame | flame up | flare | flare up | flash | flicker | flip out | flourish | flush | flushing | flutter | foredawn | freak out on | frolic | fry | fulgurate | gambol | gasp | get high on | give light | glance | glare | gleam | glimmer | glint | glitter | gloss | go pitapat | grace | grow red | gusto | half-light | handsomeness | have the fidgets | have the shakes | health | healthy glow | heat | heave | hectic | hectic flush | Hygeia | ignite | impassionedness | impetuosity | impetus | incandesce | incandescence | jerk | joie de vivre | keep fit | kindle | knock dead | lambency | laugh | life | light | light up | lilt | live | liveliness | look black | loveliness | luminosity | luminousness | luster | lustiness | make a figure | make a splash | mantle | mantling | mental health | mettle | morning twilight | never feel better | overheat | pale | palpitate | pant | parch | passion | perkiness | pertness | phosphoresce | phosphorescence | physical condition | physical fitness | pink | prettiness | pulchritude | quake | quaver | quiver | radiance | radiate | radiate cheer | radiate heat | redden | reddening | redness | resplendence | roast | robustness | romp | rose | rosiness | rouge | rubefacient | rubescence | rufescence | rush | scald | scorch | seethe | send out rays | shake | sheen | shimmer with heat | shine | shine brightly | shininess | shining light | shiver | shoot | shoot out rays | simmer | sing | skip | skylight | smile | smolder | smother | spark | sparkle | spirit | spiritedness | splendor | squirm | stay in shape | stay young | steam | stew | stifle | suffocate | sunset glow | sweat | swell | swell with emotion | swelter | the beautiful | the small hours | thrill | thrill to | throb | tingle | tingle with excitement | toast | toss | toss and turn | tremble | tumble | turn color | turn on to | turn pale | turn red | twilight | twist and turn | twitch | twitter | vehemence | vivacity | warm color | warmth | warmth of color | wear well | well-being | whistle | whiten | whiteness | wiggle | wriggle | writhe | zest | zestfulness

See Also | appear | aureole | beam | brightness | brightness level | corona | effulgence | emit light | experience | feel | feeling | fluoresce | good health | gutter | healthiness | light | light | look | luminance | luminosity | luminousness | radiance | radiancy | radiate | refulgence | refulgency | seem | shine | shine | visible light | visible radiation

Glow In Webster's Dictionary

\Glow\ (gl[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glowed} (gl[=o]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Glowing}.] [AS. gl[=o]wan; akin to D. gloeijen, OHG. gluoen, G. gl["u]hen, Icel. gl[=o]a, Dan. gloende glowing. [root]94. Cf. {Gloom}.] 1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent. Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees. --Pope. 2. To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc. Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays. --Dryden. And glow with shame of your proceedings. --Shak. 3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn. Did not his temples glow In the same sultry winds and acrching heats? --Addison. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands. --Gay. 4. To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism. With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows. --Dryden. Burns with one love, with one resentment glows. --Pope.
\Glow\, v. t. To make hot; to flush. [Poetic] Fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool. --Shak.
\Glow\, n. 1. White or red heat; incandscence. 2. Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks. 3. Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor. The red glow of scorn. --Shak. 4. Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc.

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