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Glow

//ɡləʊ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object. countable, uncountable
"The struggling spark of good within, / Just smother'd in the strife of sin, / They quicken to a timely glow, / The pure flame spreading high and low."
2
an appearance of reflected light wordnet
3
A state of heat being emitted by a person or an animal's body. countable, uncountable
"He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost, this nephew of Scrooge's, that he was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again."
4
light from nonthermal sources wordnet
5
A state of light being emitted by something (for example, a bioluminescent animal or fungus, or a mineral) which is not hot; luminescence. countable, uncountable
"So if you find yourself regularly up late at night, basking in the TV's glow, you might be doing more than just depriving yourself of sleep."

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6
a feeling of considerable warmth wordnet
7
A state of brightness or warmth of colour; specifically, a reddish colour on a person's face indicating health or youth; a flush. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"He had a bright red glow on his face."
8
the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface wordnet
9
A condition of being passionate or having warm feelings; an ardour. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away, / When the glow of early thought declines in feeling's dull decay; […]"
10
a steady even light without flames wordnet
11
the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised wordnet
12
an alert and refreshed state wordnet

Verb

1
To emit heat and light without a flame. intransitive
"Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point."
2
To look intently; to stare. dialectal, intransitive
"Borgnoyer. To vvant an eye; to looke, or ſee but vvith one eye; […] alſo, to glovv, glote, or loure."
3
experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion wordnet
4
Of a fire: to emit heat and light. intransitive
"The fire was still glowing after ten hours."
5
be exuberant or high-spirited wordnet

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6
To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine. intransitive
"[N]ovv glovv'd the Firmament / VVith living Saphirs: […]"
7
emit a steady even light without flames wordnet
8
To be very hot; also, to be on fire; to burn. intransitive
"[T]he torrid Zone / Glovvs vvith the paſſing and repaſſing Sun."
9
have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink wordnet
10
Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour. figuratively, intransitive
"The new baby’s room glows with bright, loving colours."
11
shine intensely, as if with heat wordnet
12
Of a person: to display intense emotion. figuratively, intransitive
"The zealots glowed with religious fervor."
13
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. figuratively, intransitive
"After their workout, the gymnasts’ faces were glowing."
14
To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies. Internet, US, figuratively, intransitive
"If this post glows any brighter I'm going to need sunglasses. 😄🕶👌"
15
To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation. Internet, US, figuratively, intransitive
16
To emit (flame). archaic, obsolete, transitive
"Shall Pagan Pages glovv celeſtial Flame, / And Chriſtian, languiſh?"
17
To expose (someone) to the authorities. Internet, figuratively, transitive
18
To make (something) hot; to heat. obsolete, transitive
"On each ſide her, / Stood pretty Dimpled Boyes, like ſmiling Cupids, / VVith diuers coulour'd Fannes vvhoſe vvinde did ſeeme / To gloue the delicate cheekes vvhich they did coole, / And vvhat they vndid did."

Etymology

Etymology 1

The verb is derived from Middle English glouen, glowen (“to give off heat and light without flame; of a thing: to be heated until red hot; to be brightly coloured; to shine brightly; (figurative) to be filled with emotion; of the face, etc.: to turn red, flush; etc.”), and then either: * from Old English glōwan (“to glow”) (a strong verb), from Proto-West Germanic *glōan (“to glow”); or * because the Middle English and modern English words are weak verbs, possibly from Old Norse *glówa, thought to be a variant of glóa (“to glow”), also a weak verb; both from Proto-Germanic *glōaną (“to glow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, glow; to be shining, glowing”). Possibly a doublet of glass. The noun is derived from the verb. cognates * Dutch gloeien * Finnish loistaa * German glühen * Norwegian glo * Old Norse glóa (Danish glo, Icelandic glóa, Swedish glo) * Saterland Frisian gloie, glöie, gluuje * West Frisian gloeie

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Late Middle English glouen (“to gaze, stare”); further etymology uncertain, possibly either: * from glouen, glowen (“to give off heat and light without flame; of a thing: to be heated until red hot; to be brightly coloured; to shine brightly; (figurative) to be filled with emotion; of the face, etc.: to turn red, flush; etc.”); or * from Old Norse glóa (“to shine”) (whence Norwegian Nynorsk glo (“to stare”) and Swedish glo (“to stare”)). See further at etymology 1.

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