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glow

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glow in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
    "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"
    glow  beam  radiate  shine 
  2. have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
    "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"
    glow  beam  radiate  shine 
  3. shine intensely, as if with heat
    "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"
    burn  glow 
  4. be exuberant or high-spirited
    "Make the people's hearts glow"
    glow 
  5. emit a steady even light without flames
    "The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden"
    glow 
noun
  1. an alert and refreshed state
    freshness  glow 
  2. an appearance of reflected light
    gleam  gleaming  glow  lambency 
  3. light from nonthermal sources
    luminescence  glow 
  4. a feeling of considerable warmth
    "the glow of new love"; "a glow of regret"
    glow 
  5. the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
    incandescence  glow 
  6. the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
    radiance  glow  glowing 
  7. a steady even light without flames
    glow 
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