GLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glow mean? 

• GLOW (noun)
  The noun GLOW has 7 senses:

1. an alert and refreshed state

2. light from nonthermal sources

3. the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised

4. a feeling of considerable warmth

5. a steady even light without flames

6. the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

7. an appearance of reflected light

  Familiarity information: GLOW used as a noun is common.

• GLOW (verb)
  The verb GLOW has 5 senses:

1. emit a steady even light without flames

2. have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

3. shine intensely, as if with heat

4. be exuberant or high-spirited

5. experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

  Familiarity information: GLOW used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alert and refreshed state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

freshness; glow

Hypernyms ("glow" is a kind of...):

good health; healthiness (the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease)

Derivation:

glow (experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion)

glow (be exuberant or high-spirited)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Light from nonthermal sources

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

glow; luminescence

Hypernyms ("glow" is a kind of...):

brightness; brightness level; light; luminance; luminosity; luminousness (the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light)

Derivation:

glow (emit a steady even light without flames)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

glow; incandescence

Hypernyms ("glow" is a kind of...):

light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)

Derivation:

glow (shine intensely, as if with heat)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A feeling of considerable warmth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Context example:

a glow of regret

Hypernyms ("glow" is a kind of...):

feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)

Derivation:

glow (experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A steady even light without flames

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("glow" is a kind of...):

light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glow"):

sky glow (illumination of the night sky in urban areas)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

glow; glowing; radiance

Hypernyms ("glow" is a kind of...):

light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glow"):

aureole; corona (the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse)

Sense 7

Meaning:

An appearance of reflected light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

gleam; gleaming; glow; lambency

Hypernyms ("glow" is a kind of...):

effulgence; radiance; radiancy; refulgence; refulgency; shine (the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light)

Derivation:

glow (have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink)

• GLOW (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Emit a steady even light without flames

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden

Hypernyms (to "glow" is one way to...):

radiate (cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "glow"):

fluoresce (exhibit or undergo fluorescence)

flush (glow or cause to glow with warm color or light)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

glow (light from nonthermal sources)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

beam; glow; radiate; shine

Context example:

Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna

Hypernyms (to "glow" is one way to...):

appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

glow (an appearance of reflected light)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Shine intensely, as if with heat

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Synonyms:

burn; glow

Context example:

The candles were burning

Hypernyms (to "glow" is one way to...):

beam; shine (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "glow"):

gutter (burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence examples:

Lights glow on the horizon
The horizon is glowing with lights

Derivation:

glow (the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be exuberant or high-spirited

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

Make the people's hearts glow

Hypernyms (to "glow" is one way to...):

experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

glow (an alert and refreshed state)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

beam; glow; radiate; shine

Context example:

Her face radiated with happiness

Hypernyms (to "glow" is one way to...):

experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

glow (a feeling of considerable warmth)

glow (an alert and refreshed state)

 Context examples 

And the next moment, when she or her mother addressed him as "Mr. Eden," his aggressive pride was forgotten, and he was glowing and warm with delight.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He was, indeed, a weird figure as he turned his white mane and his glowing eyes towards us.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sherlock Holmes sat for some time in silence, with his head sunk forward and his eyes bent upon the red glow of the fire.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Your glowing financial outlook now and in 2020 will be due to the rare arrival of Jupiter to Capricorn on December 2, for the first time in twelve years.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

She lay between us, and the red light; and every taper line and spar was visible against the glow.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Jo quite glowed with pleasure at this boyish praise of her sister, and stored it up to repeat to Meg.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

For a moment I thought it was the lava-glow from some volcanic action; but this could not be so.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yes; with the right eye I see a glow—a ruddy haze.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

With astonishing luck, these energetic cancer stem cells are color-coded which means they have a natural phosphorescent glow, making them easy to identify and target.

(‘Energetic Cancer Cells’ May Be Origin of Cancer Spread, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

On shore, I could see the glow of the great camp-fire burning warmly through the shore-side trees.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)