glow
/ɡloʊ/ verb B2- To emit heat and light without a flame. · Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point.
- Of a fire: to emit heat and light. · The fire was still glowing after ten hours.
- To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine.
- To be very hot; also, to be on fire; to burn.
- Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour. · The new baby’s room glows with bright, loving colours.
- Of a person: to display intense emotion. · a healthy glow· You are glowing from happiness!
- Of a person's body or a part of it: to feel hot and often to flush (“become suffused with a reddish colour”) as well, due to an emotional response, exertion, etc. · After their workout, the gymnasts’ faces were glowing.
- To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
Plural glow · He/she/it glows · Past glowed · Past participle glowed · -ing form glowing
Verb forms
- Base form
- glow
- He/she/it
- glows
- Past
- glowed
- Past participle
- glowed
- -ing form
- glowing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Still with rapt face she gazed afar into the sunset west, with eyes that saw visions trooping splendidly across that glowing background.
Matthew’s shy face was a glow of delight.
Anne flew to the door, face alight, eyes glowing.
On the very threshold she stopped short, wheeled about, came back and sat down by the table, light and glow as effectually blotted out as if some one had clapped an extinguisher on her.
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