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glow

/ɡləʊ/

noun

Meaning

  • 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 (especially one's face).

    "He had a bright red glow on his face."

verb

Meaning

  • 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."

  • To gaze especially passionately at something.

  • To radiate thermal heat.

    "After their workout, the gymnasts' faces were glowing red."

  • To shine brightly and steadily.

    "The new baby's room glows with bright, loving colors."

  • To make hot; to flush.

  • To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.