Definition of "glow" in English

verb

To emit heat and light without a flame.
- Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point.
Of a fire: to emit heat and light.
- The fire was still glowing after ten hours.
To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine.
To be very hot; also, to be on fire; to burn.
Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour.
- The new baby’s room glows with bright, loving colours.
Of a person: to display intense emotion.
- The zealots glowed with religious fervor.
- You are glowing from happiness!
Of a person's body or a part of it: to feel hot and often to flush (“become suffused with a reddish colour”) as well, due to an emotional response, exertion, etc.
- After their workout, the gymnasts’ faces were glowing.
To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.
To emit (flame).
To expose (someone) to the authorities.
To make (something) hot; to heat.

noun

A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object.
A state of heat being emitted by a person or an animal's body.
A state of light being emitted by something (for example, a bioluminescent animal or fungus, or a mineral) which is not hot; luminescence.
A state of brightness or warmth of colour; specifically, a reddish colour on a person's face indicating health or youth; a flush.
- He had a bright red glow on his face.
A condition of being passionate or having warm feelings; an ardour.

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