glow

CEFRC1

/ɡləʊ/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To give out a soft, warm light.

  2. 02

    noun

    A soft, warm light or healthy appearance.

Examples

  • Her cheeks began to glow at his compliments.

  • Her cheeks began to glow with shame.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɡloʊ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra 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.

  3. To emit heat and light without a flame.

More examples

In context

  • The glow of the light was intense.

  • Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point.

  • The fire was still glowing after ten hours.

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Origin

verb

The verb is derived from Middle English glouen, glowen (“to give off heat and light without flame; of a thing: to be heated until red hot; to be brightly coloured; to shine brightly; (figurative) to be filled with emotion; of the face, etc.: to turn red, flush; etc.”), and then either: * from Old English glōwan (“to glow”) (a strong verb), from Proto-West Germanic *glōan (“to glow”); or * because the Middle English and modern English words are weak verbs, possibly from Old Norse *glówa, thought to be a variant of glóa (“to glow”), also a weak verb; both from Proto-Germanic *glōaną (“to glow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, glow; to be shining, glowing”). Possibly...