Sekirov Dictionary

glow

UK /ɡləʊ/US /ɡloʊ/

verb13

  1. To emit heat and light without a flame.
  2. Of a fire: to emit heat and light.
  3. To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine.
  4. (figurative) Of a person: to display intense emotion.
  5. To be very hot; also, to be on fire; to burn.
  6. (figurative) 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.
  7. (figurative) Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour.
  8. (US, figurative) To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
  9. (US, figurative) To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.
  10. (Internet, figurative) To expose (someone) to the authorities.
  11. (dialect) To look intently; to stare.
  12. (no longer used) To make (something) hot; to heat.
  13. (no longer used) To emit (flame).

noun5

  1. A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object.
  2. A state of light being emitted by something (for example, a bioluminescent animal or fungus, or a mineral) which is not hot; luminescence.
  3. (figurative) A state of brightness or warmth of colour; specifically, a reddish colour on a person's face indicating health or youth; a flush.
  4. (figurative) A condition of being passionate or having warm feelings; an ardour.
  5. A state of heat being emitted by a person or an animal's body.
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glew · glowed · glowedst · glown · glowing · gloweth · glows · glowest

Phrases with glow

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