to glow
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1.2
- verb
- /ɡloʊ/
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- I came quickly and saw nothing but glowing coals in the fire pit.
- glow brightly
- glow red
- embers glow
We're just going to make the chest glow without ruining the white.
- We're just going to make the chest glow without ruining the white.
- Say, hey, that that's hot, that's glowing red hot.
- So quantum dots allow a display to glow true red or true green.
- Those mountains glowed for a week after that.
Examples
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And the burner is glowing a brighter red.
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It looks like it stopped glowing.
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Does it glow in the dark?
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Tim wondered if its eyes would glow in the dark when he saw them.
Fiction book (1990) -
His very flesh seems to expand and glow with its own inner light.
Fiction book (1990) -
Icy city lights glow under stars and dark sky.
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At night, the desert glowed from the thousands of oil wells.
Academic text (2011) -
To our astonishment, not only did the seals' flippers glow, but so did the rest of their bodies.
Academic text (2003) -
The southern horizon seemed to glow orange, like red filaments of webbing.
Fiction book (1990) -
The embers in the fireplace glow softly as the fire begins to die down.
Synonyms
428
1.0
To send out or reflect light and look bright
181
2.3
To produce light and heat from fire
70
1.9
To shine softly, often on a smooth or wet surface
64
2.5
Begin to shine or make something begin to shine, for example by burning
51
4.3
To shine with a soft, slightly moving light
2
7.9
To give off bright light after it absorbs other light
1
8.2
To give off light without heat
To glow with bright light because it is very hot
To glow softly after being in light
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.9
Bright light in the night sky above towns from man-made lights that hides stars
- Specialized
A faint light that appears when electricity passes through air, like on antennas or wires
- Archaic
A small electric light that glows when electricity passes through a gas, often used to show a device is on
- Specialized
A glass or metal tube filled with gas that makes light when electricity passes through it
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Etymology
Glow comes from the old English verb glowan, which meant 'to shine' or 'be warm'. So to glow is to give a steady, soft light, often because of heat or a chemical reaction.