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GLOW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An appearance of reflected light

Synonyms:

gleam; gleaming; glow; lambency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Light from nonthermal sources

Synonyms:

glow; luminescence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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:

A feeling of considerable warmth

Example:

a glow of regret

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

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 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

glow; glowing; radiance

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"):

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

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

Synonyms:

glow; incandescence

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)

Derivation:

glow (shine intensely, as if with heat)

Sense 7

Meaning:

An alert and refreshed state

Synonyms:

freshness; glow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

Her face radiated with happiness

Synonyms:

beam; glow; radiate; shine

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be exuberant or high-spirited

Example:

Make the people's hearts glow

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

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 3

Meaning:

Emit a steady even light without flames

Example:

The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

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 4

Meaning:

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

Example:

Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna

Synonyms:

beam; glow; radiate; shine

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

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 5

Meaning:

Shine intensely, as if with heat

Example:

The candles were burning

Synonyms:

burn; glow

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

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)

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 Context examples: 

Their observations revealed glowing bands in Saturn’s northern and southern hemispheres where the magnetic field lines that intersect the ring plane enter the planet.

(Saturn is Losing Its Rings, NASA)

The solar wind can steal electrons from the neutral gas, resulting in an X-ray glow that looks a lot like the glow from an old supernova.

(Evidence for supernovas near Earth, NASA)

The diffuse red glow permeating this image comes from the emission of hydrogen gas, while the shimmering blue light is caused by reflection and scattering off small dust particles.

(Stellar Nursery Blooms into View, ESO)

By the door a horse stood tethered, the ruddy glow beating strongly upon his brown head and patient eyes, while his body stood back in the shadow.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

From below the two glowing ends of their cigars might have been the smouldering eyes of some malignant fiend looking down in the darkness.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Cool objects like brown dwarfs can be invisible when viewed by visible-light telescopes, but their thermal glow — even if feeble — stands out in infrared light.

(A cold, close neighbor of the Sun, NASA)

This seething ocean of lava could feed steam into the atmosphere long after the star has calmed to its current, steady glow, replenishing the planet with water.

(Super-Earth in Habitable Zone, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

You might see Earth’s reflected light in the dim glow.

(Earthshine, NASA)

As they walked on, the green glow became brighter and brighter, and it seemed that at last they were nearing the end of their travels.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Ten years ago, the European Space Agency's Mars Express found an ultraviolet glow coming from "magnetic umbrellas" in the southern hemisphere.

(Auroras on Mars, NASA)