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Dictionary: glow   (glō) pronunciation
intr.v., glowed, glow·ing, glows.
  1. To shine brightly and steadily, especially without a flame: Embers glowed in the furnace.
    1. To have a bright, warm, usually reddish color: The children's cheeks glowed from the cold.
    2. To flush; blush.
  2. To be exuberant or radiant: parents glowing with pride.
n.
  1. A light produced by a body heated to luminosity; incandescence.
  2. Brilliance or warmth of color, especially redness: "the evening glow of the city streets when the sun has gone behind the tallest houses" (Seán O'Faoláin).
  3. A sensation of physical warmth.
  4. A warm feeling, as of pleasure or well-being.

[Middle English glouen, from Old English glōwan.]


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verb

  1. To shine brightly and steadily but without a flame: gleam, incandesce, luminesce. See light/darkness.
  2. To emit a bright light: beam, blaze1, burn, gleam, incandesce, radiate, shine. See light/darkness.
  3. To become red in the face: blush, color, crimson, flush, mantle, redden. See express.

noun

  1. A fresh rosy complexion: bloom1, blush, color, flush. See better/worse.
  2. A feeling of pervasive emotional warmth: flush. See feelings.

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n

Definition: brightness
Antonyms: dullness, paleness, wanness


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To give off light.

pronunciation Money can't buy the glow of good health — right living is the secret. — Unknown.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - gløde, blusse, flamme
n. - glød, skær

Nederlands (Dutch)
gloed, glans, rode kleur, geestdrift, glimmen, blaken, blozen, opgewonden zijn, gloeien

Français (French)
v. intr. - rougeoyer, luire, être éclatant, être envahi (par une douce chaleur)
n. - rougeoiement, éclat, douce sensation, satisfaction

Deutsch (German)
v. - leuchten, glühen, strotzen
n. - Glut, Glanz

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λάμπω, ακτινοβολώ, πυρακτώνομαι, (αναψο)κοκκινίζω, ζεσταίνομαι, ανάβω
n. - ακτινοβολία, πυράκτωση, αναψοκοκκίνισμα, έξαψη, ενθουσιασμός, ξάναμμα

Italiano (Italian)
incandescenza, splendere, ardere, risplendere, riverbero

idioms:

  • glow with    ardere di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - irradiar (saúde, alegria, etc.), resplandecer, incandescer-se
n. - incandescência (f), fulgor (m), luz (f) intensa

idioms:

  • glow with    estar ou ficar exuberante ou radiante com algo

Русский (Russian)
жар, зарево, румянец, пыл (чувств), тлеть, светиться, накаляться, пылать (о щеках)

idioms:

  • glow with    сиять чем-л. (напр. красотой)

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - brillar, arder, rebosar, estar ardiendo, emitir brillo incandescente, tener color brillante, demostrar un sentimiento
n. - luz incandescente, color brillante, calor corporal, color en las mejillas, ardor pasional

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - glöda, brinna
n. - glöd, rodnad, värme

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
发红光, 发热, 红光焕发, 赤热, 热情, 光辉

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 發紅光, 發熱, 紅光煥發
n. - 赤熱, 熱情, 光輝

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 가열되어 빛을 내다, (눈이) 반짝이다
n. - 백열, 상기, 흥분

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 赤熱, 白熱, 色の鮮やかさ, 紅潮, 熱い感情
v. - 白熱する, 真っ赤になる, 輝く, 紅潮する

idioms:

  • glow with    白熱する, 輝く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتوهج, يلمع (الاسم) وهج, تورد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮זהר, להט, האדים, הזיע, חש תחושה חזקה‬
n. - ‮סומק, אדמומיות, חום, הרגשת בריאות‬


 
 
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