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glow

(gloʊ)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense glows, present participle glowing, past tense, past participle glowed
1. countable noun [usually singular]
A glow is a dull, steady light, for example the light produced by a fire when there are no flames.
...the cigarette's red glow.
The rising sun casts a golden glow over the fields.
Synonyms: light, gleam, splendour, glimmer More Synonyms of glow
2. singular noun
A glow is a pink colour on a person's face, usually because they are healthy or have been exercising.
The moisturiser gave my face a healthy glow that lasted all day.
Synonyms: colour, bloom, flush, blush More Synonyms of glow
3. singular noun
If you feel a glow of satisfaction or achievement, you have a strong feeling of pleasure because of something that you have done or that has happened.
Exercise will give you a glow of satisfaction at having achieved something. [+ of]
He felt a glow of pride in what she had accomplished. [+ of]
4. verb
If something glows, it produces a dull, steady light.
The night lantern glowed softly in the darkness. [VERB]
Even the mantel above the fire glowed white. [VERB adjective]
Synonyms: shine, burn, gleam, brighten More Synonyms of glow
5. verb
If a place glows with a colour or a quality, it is bright, attractive, and colourful.
Used together these colours will make your interiors glow with warmth and vitality. [VERB + with]
...carved wood bathed in glowing colors and gold leaf. [VERB-ing]
[Also VERB]
6. verb
If something glows, it looks bright because it is reflecting light.
The instruments glowed in the bright orange light. [VERB]
The fall foliage glowed red and yellow in the morning sunlight. [VERB adjective]
7. verb
If someone's skin glows, it looks pink because they are healthy or excited, or have been doing physical exercise.
Her freckled skin glowed with health again. [VERB + with]
...a glowing complexion. [VERB-ing]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: be pink, colour, flush, blush More Synonyms of glow
8. verb
If someone glows with an emotion such as pride or pleasure, the expression on their face shows how they feel.
The expectant mothers that Amy had encountered positively glowed with pride. [VERB + with]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: be suffused, thrill, radiate, tingle More Synonyms of glow
9.  See also glowing
More Synonyms of glow

glow in British English

(ɡləʊ)
noun
1. 
light emitted by a substance or object at a high temperature
2. 
a steady even light without flames
3. 
brilliance or vividness of colour
4. 
brightness or ruddiness of complexion
5. 
a feeling of wellbeing or satisfaction
6. 
intensity of emotion; ardour
verb (intransitive)
7. 
to emit a steady even light without flames
8. 
to shine intensely, as if from great heat
9. 
to be exuberant or high-spirited, as from excellent health or intense emotion
10. 
to experience a feeling of wellbeing or satisfaction
to glow with pride
11. 
(esp of the complexion) to show a strong bright colour, esp a shade of red
12. 
to be very hot
Word origin
Old English glōwan; related to Old Norse glōa, Old High German gluoen, Icelandic glōra to sparkle

glow in American English

(gloʊ)
verb intransitive
1. 
to give off a bright light as a result of great heat; be incandescent or red-hot
2. 
to give out a steady, even light without flame or blaze
3. 
to be or feel hot; give out heat
4. 
to radiate health or high spirits
5. 
to be elated or enlivened by emotion
to glow with pride
6. 
to show brilliant, conspicuous colors; be bright
; specif.,
a. 
to be flushed, as from emotion, enthusiasm, etc.; be rosy or ruddy
b. 
to gleam; flash; light up
said of the eyes
c. 
to be bright or luminescent
said of colors
noun
7. 
a light given off as the result of great heat; incandescence
8. 
steady, even light without flame or blaze
9. 
brilliance, vividness, or luminescence of color
10. 
brightness of skin color, as from good health, emotion, etc.; flush
11. 
a sensation of warmth and well-being
12. 
warmth of emotion; ardor, eagerness, etc.
SIMILAR WORDS:  blaze
Derived forms
glowing (ˈglowing)
adjective
glowingly (ˈglowingly)
adverb
Word origin
ME glowen < OE glowan, akin to Ger glühen < IE *ghlō- < base *ĝhel-, to shine > gold, gleam, yellow, Gr chlōros, light green

COBUILD Collocations
glow

healthy glow
youthful glow

Examples of 'glow' in a sentence
glow

She has shed more than half her body weight and is glowing with health and happiness.
The Sun (2016)
My clothes are all too big, my skin glows and I feel strong and bouncy.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Honestly, I glow with pride to see my genes being passed down the line so successfully.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Swap the smoky eyes for a golden glow.
The Sun (2012)
This light serum instantly gave my skin a healthy glow.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This is the milky white glow the sun emits when the conditions are right.
The Sun (2015)
 Colour glows almost eerily in their luminous expanses.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Continue until you feel a warm glow all over the body.
Turner, Roger Newman The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide (1988)
My face had a glow and was definitely feeling smoother.
The Sun (2013)
Enemy snipers were just waiting to aim at the glow of a cigarette end.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Its exhausts glowed brighter and brighter as the angle narrowed and he was right ahead of them.
Len Deighton Bomber
You suck on them and they glow red.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
These signs were constructed from tubes glowing with electric light.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
Whole regions glowed with health and prosperity.
Christianity Today (2000)
What can your pets do that makes you glow with pride?
The Sun (2012)
Down below the countryside receded to a dull red glow.
Kerr, Katharine A Time of War (1993)
In the low winter sunlight they glowed like little fires.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Jupiter gives you a golden glow of optimism and this helps keep promises.
The Sun (2010)
The massaging action will boost the circulation to your skin giving it a healthy glow.
The Sun (2010)
They are golden and seem to glow in the sun.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
My face glowed without looking glittery or greasy.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They use paint that absorbs light during the day and glows for up to ten hours at night.
The Sun (2014)
See health as an energy which glows, and feel the golden glow of health and energy.
Chaitow, Leon The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes (1988)
I wanted those rich colours to glow out against the pale stone of the cathedral.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Now his complexion once more glowed a leathery bronze, and at midday he did away with a hearty meal.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
Lasting one hour and 45 minutes, it is designed to leave the complexion glowing and the client relaxed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

In other languages
glow

British English: glow NOUN
A glow is a dull, steady light, for example the light produced by a fire when there are no flames.
She saw the red glow of a fire.
  • American English: glow
  • Brazilian Portuguese: brilho
  • Chinese: 暗淡的光
  • European Spanish: brillo
  • French: lueur
  • German: Glühen
  • Italian: bagliore
  • Japanese: 輝き
  • Korean: >은은한 불빛불꽃이 나지 않는 불의
  • European Portuguese: brilho
  • Latin American Spanish: brillo
British English: glow VERB
If something glows, it produces a dull, steady light.
The night lantern glowed softly in the darkness.
  • American English: glow
  • Brazilian Portuguese: brilhar
  • Chinese: 微微发光
  • European Spanish: brillar
  • French: luire
  • German: glühen
  • Italian: emettere un bagliore
  • Japanese: 輝く
  • Korean: 은은히 빛나다
  • European Portuguese: brilhar
  • Latin American Spanish: brillar

All related terms of 'glow'

glow up
to become more mature , confident , and attractive
glow lamp
a discharge lamp , esp. one used to produce a brightly colored light
glow plug
one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
glow-worm
A glow-worm is a type of beetle which produces light from its body.
golden glow
a tall garden black-eyed Susan ( Rudbeckia laciniata ) with numerous globular , yellow ray flower heads
healthy glow
A glow is a pink colour on a person's face, usually because they are healthy or have been exercising.
youthful glow
A glow is a pink colour on a person's face, usually because they are healthy or have been exercising .
glow discharge
a silent luminous discharge of electricity through a low-pressure gas

Chinese translation of 'glow'

glow

(ɡləu)

vi

  1. [embers, stars] 发(發)光 (fāguāng)
  2. [face, skin, cheeks] 发(發)红(紅) (fāhóng)

n (s)

  1. [of embers, stars] 光亮 (guāngliàng)
  2. [of face, cheeks, skin] 红(紅)润(潤) (hóngrùn)
    a glow of pride/satisfaction 自豪/满(滿)意的心情 (zìháo/mǎnyì de xīnqíng)
    to glow with pleasure/pride 洋溢着(著)喜悦(悅)/自豪之情 (yángyìzhe xǐyuè/zìháo zhī qíng)
1 (noun) 
Definition
a steady light without flames
The rising sun cast a golden glow over the fields.
Synonyms
light
Cracks of light filtered through the shutters.
gleam
the gleam of the headlights
splendour
We were led through the fairy-lit splendour of the centre.
glimmer
In the east there is the faintest glimmer of light.
brilliance
the brilliance of the sun on the water
brightness
An astronomer can determine the brightness of each star.
radiance
The dim bulb cast a soft radiance over his face.
luminosity
vividness
the startling vividness of colours in his surroundings
incandescence
phosphorescence
effulgence
lambency
Opposites
dullness
,
greyness
2 (noun) 
Definition
brightness of complexion
The moisturiser gave my face a healthy glow that lasted all day.
Synonyms
colour
There was a touch of colour in her cheeks.
bloom
The skin loses its youthful bloom.
flush
There was a slight flush on his cheeks.
blush
A blush spread over Brenda's cheeks.
reddening
rosiness
Opposites
pallor
,
paleness
,
wanness
3 (noun) 
Synonyms
passion
Her eyes were blazing with passion.
enthusiasm
Her lack of enthusiasm filled me with disappointment.
excitement
The audience was in a state of great excitement.
intensity
His intensity, and the ferocity of his feelings alarmed me.
warmth
She went in, drawn by the warmth of the fire.
fervour
an outbreak of religious fervour
gusto
Hers was a minor part, but she played it with gusto.
ardour
Their romantic ardour had cooled.
vehemence
He spoke loudly and with more vehemence than he had intended.
earnestness
He spoke with intense earnestness.
impetuosity
Opposites
chill
,
indifference
,
coolness
,
half-heartedness
,
iciness
1 (verb) 
Definition
to shine intensely
The night lantern glowed softly in the darkness.
Synonyms
shine
It is a mild morning and the sun is shining.
burn
a single light burning in a third-story window
gleam
His red sports car gleamed in the sun.
brighten
Her tearful eyes brightened with interest.
glimmer
The moon glimmered faintly through the mists.
smoulder
He smouldered as he drove home for lunch.
2 (verb) 
Her freckled skin glowed with health.
Synonyms
be pink
colour
He couldn't help noticing that she coloured slightly.
flush
He turned away, his face flushing.
blush
I blushed scarlet at my stupidity.
3 (verb) 
Definition
(of the complexion) to have a strong bright colour
The expectant mothers positively glowed with pride.
Synonyms
be suffused
thrill
The electric atmosphere both thrilled and terrified him.
radiate
tingle

Additional synonyms

in the sense of ardour
Definition
emotional warmth
Their romantic ardour had cooled.
Synonyms
passion,
feeling,
fire,
heat,
spirit,
intensity,
warmth,
devotion,
fervour,
vehemence,
fierceness
in the sense of bloom
Definition
a youthful or healthy glow
The skin loses its youthful bloom.
Synonyms
glow,
flush,
blush,
freshness,
lustre,
radiance,
rosiness
in the sense of blush
Definition
a rosy glow
A blush spread over Brenda's cheeks.
Synonyms
reddening,
colour,
glow,
flush,
pink tinge,
rosiness,
ruddiness,
rosy tint

Synonyms of 'glow'

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