[syn: glow, beam, radiate, shine]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glow \Glow\ (gl[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowed (gl[=o]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Glowing.] [AS. gl[=o]wan; akin to D. gloeijen,
OHG. gluoen, G. gl["u]hen, Icel. gl[=o]a, Dan. gloende
glowing. [root]94. Cf. Gloom.]
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1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth
vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
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Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
--Pope.
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2. To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if
with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation,
with blushes, etc.
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Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays.
--Dryden.
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And glow with shame of your proceedings. --Shak.
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3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin,
from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
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Did not his temples glow
In the same sultry winds and acrching heats?
--Addison.
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The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.
--Gay.
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4. To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense
love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the
heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism.
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With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows.
--Dryden.
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Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
--Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glow \Glow\, v. t.
To make hot; to flush. [Poetic]
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Fans, whose wind did seem
To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool.
--Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glow \Glow\, n.
1. White or red heat; incandscence.
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2. Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as,
the glow of health in the cheeks.
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3. Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of
passion; ardor.
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The red glow of scorn. --Shak.
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4. Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by
exercise, etc.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
glow
n 1: an alert and refreshed state [syn: freshness, glow]
2: light from nonthermal sources [syn: luminescence, glow]
3: the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature
is raised [syn: incandescence, glow]
4: a feeling of considerable warmth; "the glow of new love"; "a
glow of regret"
5: a steady even light without flames
6: the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving
at a point on a surface [syn: radiance, glow, glowing]
7: an appearance of reflected light [syn: gleam, gleaming,
glow, lambency]
v 1: emit a steady even light without flames; "The fireflies
were glowing and flying about in the garden"
2: have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or
pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" [syn:
glow, beam, radiate, shine]
3: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in
the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: burn, glow]
4: be exuberant or high-spirited; "Make the people's hearts
glow"
5: experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good
health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy";
"Her face radiated with happiness" [syn: glow, beam,
radiate, shine]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
GLOW
A POP-11 variant with lexical scope.
Available from Andrew Arnblaster, Bollostraat 6, B-3140
Keerbergen, Belgium, for Mac or MS-DOS.
[Byte's UK edition, May 1992, p.84UK-8].
(1997-02-07)