GLOWING

glowing

(adjective) highly enthusiastic; “glowing praise”

radiance, glow, glowing

(noun) the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

glowing

present participle of glow

Noun

glowing (plural glowings)

The action of the verb glow.

Adjective

glowing (comparative more glowing, superlative most glowing)

That glows or glow.

(figuratively) Full of praise.

Anagrams

• gowling

Source: Wiktionary


GLOW

Glow, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glowing.] Etym: [AS. gl; akin to D. gloeijen, OHG. gluoen, G. glühen, Icel. gl, Dan. gloende glowing. Gloom.]

1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandenscent. Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees. Pope.

2. To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc. Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays. Dryden. And glow with shame of your proceedings. Shak.

3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn. Did not his temples glow In the same sultry winds and acrching heats Addison. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands. Gay.

4. To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism. With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows. Dryden. Burns with one love, with one resentment glows. Pope.

Glow, v. t.

Definition: To make hot; to flush. [Poetic] Fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool. Shak.

Glow, n.

1. White or red heat; incandscence.

2. Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks.

3. Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor. The red glow of scorn. Shak.

4. Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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