glow

/gloʊ/

/gləʊ/

Other forms: glowing; glowed; glows

To glow is to shine with light. On a clear night when the moon is full, it glows in the sky.

A nightlight glows in a dark room, and a distant flashlight beam glows like a candle. Other things that glow include fireflies, TV screens, and city lights when seen from an airplane at night. A person's face can also be said to glow, when it's shining and flushed with health or happiness. The radiance of light or pleasure itself can also be called a glow, from the Old English glowan, "to shine as if red-hot."

Definitions of glow

1. verb

   emit a steady even light without flames
   “The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden”

   types:

   fluoresce

   exhibit or undergo fluorescence

   flush

   glow or cause to glow with warm color or light

   scintillate

   physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon

   type of:

   radiate

   cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
2. verb

   shine intensely, as if with heat
   “The coals were glowing in the dark”

   synonyms: burn

   types:

   gutter

   burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker

   type of:

   beam, shine

   emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
3. noun

   a steady even light without flames
   types:

   sky glow

   illumination of the night sky in urban areas

   type of:

   light, visible light, visible radiation

   (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
4. noun

   the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
   synonyms: incandescence

   type of:

   light, visible light, visible radiation

   (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
5. noun

   the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
   synonyms: glowing, radiance

   types:

   aureole, corona

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

   type of:

   light, visible light, visible radiation

   (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
6. noun

   light from nonthermal sources
   synonyms: luminescence

   type of:

   brightness, brightness level, light, luminance, luminosity, luminousness

   the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
7. noun

   an appearance of reflected light
   synonyms: gleam, gleaming, lambency

   type of:

   effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine

   the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
8. verb

   have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
   “Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna”

   synonyms: beam, radiate, shine

   type of:

   appear, look, seem

   give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
9. verb

   experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
   synonyms: beam, radiate, shine

   type of:

   experience, feel

   undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
10. verb

    be exuberant or high-spirited
    “Make the people's hearts glow”

    type of:

    experience, feel

    undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
11. noun

    an alert and refreshed state
    synonyms: freshness

    type of:

    good health, healthiness

    the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
12. noun

    a feeling of considerable warmth
    “the glow of new love”

    “a glow of regret”

    type of:

    feeling

    the experiencing of affective and emotional states