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glow verb1.
[Old English glowan strong verb corresp. to the weak verbs Old Saxon glojan (Dutch gloeien), Old High German gluoen (German gluhen), Old Norse gloa, from Germanic. Cf. GLEED noun.]
verb intrans. Be heated to incandescence; emit bright light and heat without flame. OE.
S. Johnson I..found it in ruins, with the fire yet glowing.
verb intrans. Shine, emit light, (as if) owing to intense heat. LME.
P. Bowles The court glowed with reflected moonlight. D. Lessing There was a single..electric-light bulb glowing down from the rafters. S. King It had been treated with fluorescent paint so it would glow in the dark.
verb intrans. Be warm and bright in colouring. LME.
E. O. M. Deutsch Pictures teeming with life, glowing with colour.
b. Pass to or into a glowing colour. L19.
verb intrans. Be excessively hot; be on fire, burn. LME.
fig.: Edmund Smith Yawning Gulphs with flaming Vengeance glow.
verb intrans. Burn with or be indicative of bodily heat, esp. when accompanied by heightened colour. LME.
W. C. Smith Girls, all glowing with the flush of life. B. Pym Their skins glowed from the fresh air.
verb intrans. Burn with the fervour of emotion or passion. LME.
M. Ignatieff Not knowing whether to burn with shame or glow with pride.
verb trans. Make hot; heat. L16-L17.
glowing ppl adjective that glows; spec. (of an account etc.) ardent, impassioned, expressing great pride or praise: OE.
glowingly adverb E17.