glow
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."
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emit a steady even light without flames“The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden”types:fluoresceexhibit or undergo fluorescenceflushglow or cause to glow with warm color or lightscintillatephysics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photontype of:radiatecause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
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shine intensely, as if with heat
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a steady even light without flamestypes:sky glowillumination of the night sky in urban areastype of:light, visible light, visible radiation(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
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the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raisedsynonyms: incandescencetype of:light, visible light, visible radiation(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
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the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surfacetypes:type of:light, visible light, visible radiation(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
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light from nonthermal sourcessynonyms: luminescencetype of:brightness, brightness level, light, luminance, luminosity, luminousnessthe quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
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an appearance of reflected lighttype of:effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shinethe quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
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have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
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experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
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be exuberant or high-spirited
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an alert and refreshed statesynonyms: freshness
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a feeling of considerable warmth“the glow of new love”“a glow of regret”type of:feelingthe experiencing of affective and emotional states
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