glow
pronunciation
How to pronounce glow in British English:
UK [ɡləʊ]
How to pronounce glow in American English:
US [ɡloʊ]
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- Noun:
- an alert and refreshed state
- light from nonthermal sources
- the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
- a feeling of considerable warmth
- a steady even light without flames
- the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- an appearance of reflected light
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- Verb:
- emit a steady even light without flames
- especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- shine intensely, as if with heat
- be exuberant or high-spirited
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
Word Origin
- glow
- glow: [OE] Glow comes ultimately from Indo- European *ghlō-, in which the ghl- seems originally to have had some sort of symbolic function, as if directly representing the notion of ‘brightness, shining’ in speech. Its Germanic descendant *glō- produced German glühen, Dutch gloeien, and Swedish glöda (all meaning ‘glow’) as well as English glow and probably also glower [16].=> glower
- glow (v.)
- Old English glowan "to glow, shine as if red-hot," from Proto-Germanic *glo- (cognates: Old Saxon gloian, Old Frisian gled "glow, blaze," Old Norse gloa, Old High German gluoen, German glühen "to glow, glitter, shine"), from PIE *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.), also glint, glad, etc.). Figuratively from late 14c. Related: Glowed; glowing. Swedish dialectal and Danish glo also have the extended sense "stare, gaze upon," which is found in Middle English.
- glow (n.)
- mid-15c., "glowing heat," from glow (v). Meaning "a flush of radiant feeling" is from 1793.
Example
- 1. Explanation : sometimes the sky itself seems to glow .
- 2. In 1963 researchers arno penzias and robert wilson of bell labs discovered a faint microwave glow across the sky .
- 3. Rather , your valedictory address should leave former colleagues feeling a warm glow .
- 4. Older stars have an orange glow and the very elderly become red giants .
- 5. Nearer came the red glow over the white pall which stretched into the darkness a round me .