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glow

  • verb
  • /ɡləʊ/

To emit heat and light without a flame.

Other meanings

  1. Of a fire: to emit heat and light.

  2. To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine.

Example sentences

  • “How do you maintain your inner glow?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "glouen".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “glow” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.