| slovo | definícia |
glow
(mass) | glow
- plameň |
glow
(encz) | glow,hořet Zdeněk Brož |
glow
(encz) | glow,plamen n: Zdeněk Brož |
glow
(encz) | glow,planout Zdeněk Brož |
glow
(encz) | glow,sálat v: Zdeněk Brož |
glow
(encz) | glow,svítit v: Zdeněk Brož |
glow
(encz) | glow,vyzařovat Zdeněk Brož |
glow
(encz) | glow,záře n: Zdeněk Brož |
glow
(encz) | glow,zářit Zdeněk Brož |
glow
(encz) | glow,žár n: Zdeněk Brož |
glow
(encz) | glow,žhnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
glow
(encz) | glow,žhnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
Glow
(gcide) | Glow \Glow\ (gl[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowed (gl[=o]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Glowing.] [AS. gl[=o]wan; akin to D. gloeijen,
OHG. gluoen, G. gl["u]hen, Icel. gl[=o]a, Dan. gloende
glowing. [root]94. Cf. Gloom.]
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1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth
vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
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Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
--Pope.
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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.
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Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays.
--Dryden.
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And glow with shame of your proceedings. --Shak.
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3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin,
from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
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Did not his temples glow
In the same sultry winds and acrching heats?
--Addison.
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The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.
--Gay.
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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.
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With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows.
--Dryden.
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Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
--Pope.
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Glow
(gcide) | Glow \Glow\, v. t.
To make hot; to flush. [Poetic]
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Fans, whose wind did seem
To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool.
--Shak.
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Glow
(gcide) | Glow \Glow\, n.
1. White or red heat; incandscence.
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2. Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as,
the glow of health in the cheeks.
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3. Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of
passion; ardor.
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The red glow of scorn. --Shak.
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4. Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by
exercise, etc.
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glow
(wn) | glow
n 1: an alert and refreshed state [syn: freshness, glow]
2: light from nonthermal sources [syn: luminescence, glow]
3: the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature
is raised [syn: incandescence, glow]
4: a feeling of considerable warmth; "the glow of new love"; "a
glow of regret"
5: a steady even light without flames
6: the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving
at a point on a surface [syn: radiance, glow, glowing]
7: an appearance of reflected light [syn: gleam, gleaming,
glow, lambency]
v 1: emit a steady even light without flames; "The fireflies
were glowing and flying about in the garden"
2: have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or
pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" [syn:
glow, beam, radiate, shine]
3: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in
the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: burn, glow]
4: be exuberant or high-spirited; "Make the people's hearts
glow"
5: 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" [syn: glow, beam,
radiate, shine] |
glow
(foldoc) | GLOW
A POP-11 variant with lexical scope.
Available from Andrew Arnblaster, Bollostraat 6, B-3140
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[Byte's UK edition, May 1992, p.84UK-8].
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
glows
(mass) | glows
- september |
a glow on
(encz) | a glow on,lehce opilý Zdeněk Brož |
afterglow
(encz) | afterglow,dosvit n: hh |
aglow
(encz) | aglow,planoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
alpenglow
(encz) | alpenglow,červánky n: Michal Ambrož |
counterglow
(encz) | counterglow,protisoumrak n: Zdeněk Brož |
electric glow
(encz) | electric glow, n: |
glow lamp
(encz) | glow lamp, n: |
glow tube
(encz) | glow tube, n: |
glow-worm
(encz) | glow-worm,larva světlušky Zdeněk Brož |
glowed
(encz) | glowed,zářil Jaroslav Šedivý |
glower
(encz) | glower,mračit se v: Zdeněk Brožglower,pražit pohledem v: Jakub Kalousek |
glowering
(encz) | glowering, adj: |
gloweringly
(encz) | gloweringly, adv: |
glowing
(encz) | glowing,svítivý adj: Zdeněk Brožglowing,žhnoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
glowingly
(encz) | glowingly,vřele adv: Zdeněk Brož |
glows
(encz) | glows,plane Zdeněk Brožglows,září v: Zdeněk Brož |
glowworm
(encz) | glowworm,larva světlušky Zdeněk Brož |
golden glow
(encz) | golden glow, n: |
in glowing terms
(encz) | in glowing terms, |
sky glow
(encz) | sky glow, n: |
After-glow
(gcide) | After-glow \Aft"er-glow\, n.
A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.
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Aglow
(gcide) | Aglow \A*glow"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + glow.]
In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all
aglow.
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Alpenglow
(gcide) | Alpenglow \Al"pen*glow`\, n.
A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of
mountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after
the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a
curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west
resulting from the cooling of the air.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Alpenhorn |
Counterglow
(gcide) | Counterglow \Coun"ter*glow`\, n. (Astron.)
An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous
light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen
during September and October, when in the constellations
Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood.
Called also Gegenschein.
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dour glowering glum moody morose saturnine sour sullen
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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fluorescent glowing
(gcide) | colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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Glow
(gcide) | Glow \Glow\ (gl[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowed (gl[=o]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Glowing.] [AS. gl[=o]wan; akin to D. gloeijen,
OHG. gluoen, G. gl["u]hen, Icel. gl[=o]a, Dan. gloende
glowing. [root]94. Cf. Gloom.]
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1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth
vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
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Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
--Pope.
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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.
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Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays.
--Dryden.
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And glow with shame of your proceedings. --Shak.
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3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin,
from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
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Did not his temples glow
In the same sultry winds and acrching heats?
--Addison.
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The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.
--Gay.
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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.
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With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows.
--Dryden.
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Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]Glow \Glow\, v. t.
To make hot; to flush. [Poetic]
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Fans, whose wind did seem
To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Glow \Glow\, n.
1. White or red heat; incandscence.
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2. Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as,
the glow of health in the cheeks.
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3. Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of
passion; ardor.
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The red glow of scorn. --Shak.
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4. Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by
exercise, etc.
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Glowbard
(gcide) | Glowbard \Glow"bard\, n. [See Globard.]
The glowworm. [Obs.]
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Glowed
(gcide) | Glow \Glow\ (gl[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowed (gl[=o]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Glowing.] [AS. gl[=o]wan; akin to D. gloeijen,
OHG. gluoen, G. gl["u]hen, Icel. gl[=o]a, Dan. gloende
glowing. [root]94. Cf. Gloom.]
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1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth
vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
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Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
--Pope.
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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.
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Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays.
--Dryden.
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And glow with shame of your proceedings. --Shak.
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3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin,
from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
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Did not his temples glow
In the same sultry winds and acrching heats?
--Addison.
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The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.
--Gay.
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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.
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With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows.
--Dryden.
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Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
--Pope.
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Glower
(gcide) | Glower \Glow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Glowering.] [Cf. Gloar.]
to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
--Thackeray.
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Glowered
(gcide) | Glower \Glow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Glowering.] [Cf. Gloar.]
to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
--Thackeray.
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Glowering
(gcide) | Glower \Glow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Glowering.] [Cf. Gloar.]
to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]glowering \glowering\ adj.
having a cheerless aspect or disposition.
Syn: dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen.
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glowering
(gcide) | Glower \Glow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Glowering.] [Cf. Gloar.]
to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]glowering \glowering\ adj.
having a cheerless aspect or disposition.
Syn: dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen.
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Glowing
(gcide) | Glow \Glow\ (gl[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowed (gl[=o]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Glowing.] [AS. gl[=o]wan; akin to D. gloeijen,
OHG. gluoen, G. gl["u]hen, Icel. gl[=o]a, Dan. gloende
glowing. [root]94. Cf. Gloom.]
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1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth
vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
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Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
--Pope.
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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.
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Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays.
--Dryden.
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And glow with shame of your proceedings. --Shak.
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3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin,
from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
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Did not his temples glow
In the same sultry winds and acrching heats?
--Addison.
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The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.
--Gay.
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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.
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With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows.
--Dryden.
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Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]glowing \glowing\ adj.
1. softly bright or radiant.
Syn: aglow(predicate), lambent, luminous, lucent.
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2. highly enthusiastic; as, glowing praise.
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3. brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light.
Syn: fluorescent.
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4. afire; as, glowing embers. [prenominal]
Syn: burning.
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glowing
(gcide) | Glow \Glow\ (gl[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowed (gl[=o]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Glowing.] [AS. gl[=o]wan; akin to D. gloeijen,
OHG. gluoen, G. gl["u]hen, Icel. gl[=o]a, Dan. gloende
glowing. [root]94. Cf. Gloom.]
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1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth
vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
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Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
--Pope.
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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.
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Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays.
--Dryden.
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And glow with shame of your proceedings. --Shak.
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3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin,
from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
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Did not his temples glow
In the same sultry winds and acrching heats?
--Addison.
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The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.
--Gay.
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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.
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With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows.
--Dryden.
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Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]glowing \glowing\ adj.
1. softly bright or radiant.
Syn: aglow(predicate), lambent, luminous, lucent.
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2. highly enthusiastic; as, glowing praise.
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3. brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light.
Syn: fluorescent.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. afire; as, glowing embers. [prenominal]
Syn: burning.
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Glowingly
(gcide) | Glowingly \Glow"ing*ly\, adv.
In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion.
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Glowlamp
(gcide) | Glowlamp \Glow"lamp`\, n.
1. (Chem.) An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.
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2. (Elect.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a.
[1913 Webster]Incandescent \In`can*des"cent\, a. [L. incandecens, -entis, p.
pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in- in +
candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red
hot, incho. fr. candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf.
F. incandescent. See Candle.]
White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as,
incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining;
brilliant.
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Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might
say, incandescent throughout. --I. Taylor.
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Incandescent lamp, Incandescent light, {Incandescent
light bulb} (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is
produced by a thin filament of conducting material, now
usually tungsten, but originally carbon, contained in a
vacuum or an atmosphere of inert gas within a glass bulb,
and heated to incandescence by an electric current. It was
inventerd by Thomas Edison, and was once called the
Edison lamp; -- called also incandescence lamp, and
glowlamp. This is one of the two most common sources of
electric light, the other being the fluorescent light,
fluorescent lamp or fluorescent bulb.
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glowlamp
(gcide) | Glowlamp \Glow"lamp`\, n.
1. (Chem.) An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.
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2. (Elect.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a.
[1913 Webster]Incandescent \In`can*des"cent\, a. [L. incandecens, -entis, p.
pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in- in +
candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red
hot, incho. fr. candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf.
F. incandescent. See Candle.]
White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as,
incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining;
brilliant.
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Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might
say, incandescent throughout. --I. Taylor.
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Incandescent lamp, Incandescent light, {Incandescent
light bulb} (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is
produced by a thin filament of conducting material, now
usually tungsten, but originally carbon, contained in a
vacuum or an atmosphere of inert gas within a glass bulb,
and heated to incandescence by an electric current. It was
inventerd by Thomas Edison, and was once called the
Edison lamp; -- called also incandescence lamp, and
glowlamp. This is one of the two most common sources of
electric light, the other being the fluorescent light,
fluorescent lamp or fluorescent bulb.
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Glowworm
(gcide) | Glowworm \Glow"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the
wingless females and larv[ae] of the two European species
(L. noctiluca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from
some of the abdominal segments.
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Like a glowworm in the night,
The which hath fire in darkness, none in light. --Shak.
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Note: The male is winged, and is supposed to be attracted by
the light of the female. In America, the luminous
larv[ae] of several species of fireflies and fire
beetles are called glowworms. Both sexes of these are
winged when mature. See Firefly.
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Sunglow
(gcide) | Sunglow \Sun"glow`\, n.
A rosy flush in the sky seen after sunset.
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afterglow
(wn) | afterglow
n 1: a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset
2: the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event; "he basked
in the afterglow of his victory" |
aglow
(wn) | aglow
adj 1: softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights";
"glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent
moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" [syn: aglow(p),
lambent, lucent, luminous] |
counterglow
(wn) | counterglow
n 1: a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears
directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of
sunlight by micrometeoric material in space [syn:
counterglow, gegenschein] |
electric glow
(wn) | electric glow
n 1: an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of
surrounding atmosphere [syn: corona discharge, corona,
corposant, St. Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's fire, {Saint
Elmo's light}, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light,
electric glow] |
glow lamp
(wn) | glow lamp
n 1: a gas-discharge tube with a hot cathode; used in
stroboscopes |
glow tube
(wn) | glow tube
n 1: a gas-discharge tube consisting of a cold cathode and a
diode in a tube filled with gas; the color of the glow
depends on the particular gas |
glower
(wn) | glower
n 1: an angry stare [syn: glare, glower]
v 1: look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who
tried to make a pass at her" [syn: glower, glare]
2: look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal
disapproval [syn: frown, glower, lour, lower] |
glowering
(wn) | glowering
adj 1: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless
shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and
unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic
young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen
crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum,
moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen] |
gloweringly
(wn) | gloweringly
adv 1: in a glowering manner; "he stared gloweringly at this
morning's headlines" |
glowing
(wn) | glowing
adj 1: highly enthusiastic; "glowing praise"
n 1: the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving
at a point on a surface [syn: radiance, glow,
glowing] |
glowingly
(wn) | glowingly
adv 1: in an enthusiastically glowing manner; "in her letter she
praised him glowingly" |
glowworm
(wn) | glowworm
n 1: the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a
firefly |
golden glow
(wn) | golden glow
n 1: very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow
flower heads [syn: golden glow, double gold,
hortensia, Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia] |
sky glow
(wn) | sky glow
n 1: illumination of the night sky in urban areas |
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