glow

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡləʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɡloʊ/ Rhymes: -əʊ === Etymology 1 === 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 a doublet of glass. The noun is derived from the verb. ==== Verb ==== glow (third-person singular simple present glows, present participle glowing, simple past glowed or (dialectal) glew, past participle glowed or (dialectal) glew or (dialectal) glown) (intransitive) To emit heat and light without a flame. Of a fire: to emit heat and light. 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. (figurative) Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour. Of a person: to display intense emotion. 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. (chiefly US, Internet slang) To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies. (chiefly US, Internet slang, alt-right) To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation. Coordinate term: fedpost (transitive) (archaic or obsolete) To emit (flame). (figurative, Internet slang, alt-right) To expose (someone) to the authorities. (obsolete) To make (something) hot; to heat. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== gleed glowie (“informant, spy”) ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== glow (countable and uncountable, plural glows) 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. Hyponyms: bioluminescence, fluorescence (figurative) A state of brightness or warmth of colour; specifically, a reddish colour on a person's face indicating health or youth; a flush. A condition of being passionate or having warm feelings; an ardour. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Late Middle English glouen (“to gaze, stare”); further etymology uncertain, possibly either: from 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.”); or from Old Norse glóa (“to shine”) (whence Norwegian Nynorsk glo (“to stare”) and Swedish glo (“to stare”)). See further at etymology 1. ==== Verb ==== glow (third-person singular simple present glows, present participle glowing, simple past and past participle glowed) (intransitive, obsolete except UK, dialectal) To look intently; to stare. ===== Derived terms ===== glower (possibly) === References === === Further reading === glow (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === gowl, w.l.o.g., wlog == Cornish == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *glọw, from Proto-Celtic *glāwos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- + *-wós. Cognate with Welsh glo. === Noun === glow (collective, singulative glowen f) coal ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== glow alternative form of glewen (“to play music, have fun”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== glow alternative form of glewen (“to glue”)