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glow /ɡləʊ /verb [no object]1Give out steady light without flame: the tips of their cigarettes glowed in the dark...- Her flowing, dark hair seemed to glow with a pale light all its own, while her eyes shone.
- A little flower of light glowed around my hand as I lowered the flame down to the candle and lit it.
- It was silver and light blue and glowed radiantly in the dark.
Synonyms radiate heat, burn without flames, smoulder 1.1Have an intense colour and a slight shine: [with complement]: a fluorescent screen glowed a faint green colour...- Jade's bracelets began to clatter against each other and the runes began to glow alternate colours; red and gold.
- Both of her arms began to glow green and red as the ground beneath her began to shake.
- So, if peer at my PC tower in the dark under my desk, it now glows red, green and blue from the chinks in its case.
Synonyms shine, radiate, shed a glow; gleam, glimmer, flicker, flare rare incandesce, phosphoresce, luminesce 1.2(Of a person’s face) appear pink or red as a result of warmth, health, embarrassment, etc. he was glowing with health...- He turned to me and I hung my head in embarrassment, my face glowing.
- When he turned back to her, his entire face glowed slightly pink.
- A few moments later, his face glowed with the pride of triumph.
Synonyms flush, blush, redden, go red, colour, colour up, go pink, crimson, go scarlet, be suffused with colour; burn, radiate heat archaic mantle 1.3Convey deep pleasure through one’s expression or bearing: Katy always glowed when he praised her...- Practically glowing with pleasure, she continued over to the fire, ladling stew into a bowl for breakfast.
- The choreographers and casting directors were glowing with support and praise.
- Even Palace boss Iain Dowie was glowing with his praise for the Manchester United man after the game.
Synonyms radiate, tingle, thrill; beam noun [in singular]1A steady radiance of light or heat: the setting sun cast a deep red glow over the city...- A red glow lit up the horizon to the south where another city drowned in flames.
- Firefighters described a red glow lighting up the sky when they arrived at Shuttlewood Boatyard, Waterside Road, Pagglesham.
- I see the glint off its silver sides, the red glow where re-entry has heated it to some high temperature.
Synonyms radiance, light, brightness, luminosity, shine, gleam, glimmer, incandescence, phosphorescence, luminescence; richness, vividness, brilliance; warmth, heat rare lambency, lucency, irradiance 1.1A feeling of warmth in the face or body: he could feel the brandy filling him with a warm glow...- His mind was still on Myra and his thoughts of her were spreading a warm glow through his body.
- She whispered the words she had been taught so long ago and felt the heat increase, filling her body with a warm glow.
- The liquid burned his insides, but as it hit his empty stomach a pleasant warm glow radiated through his body.
1.2A redness of the cheeks.Exercise is also great for skin and gives you a pinkish glow around the cheeks that send out loads of healthy vibes!...- The mug of hot steaming coffee was a life saver, and the nibble, which turned out to be a plated hot lunch, was enough to bring the glow back to my cheeks and the cheer back to my heart.
- Natural dye from the juice of pokeberries splashed a rosy glow on the cheeks.
Synonyms flush, blush, rosiness, pinkness, redness, crimson, scarlet, reddening, ruddiness, high colour; bloom, radiance; warmth 1.3A strong feeling of pleasure or well-being: with a glow of pride, Mildred walked away...- He felt a glow of pleasure at being right and then a shiver of fear as he remembered the deaths that the case had caused.
- What you encounter is a glow of contentment which stops a safe distance from self-satisfaction; from such a happy condition the book takes its tone.
- In A Little Learning Evelyn recalls childhood as ‘an even glow of happiness’.
Synonyms happiness, contentment, pleasure, satisfaction, gratification, gladness Origin Old English glōwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gloeien and German glühen. Rhymes aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou |