Word: glow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 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. cognates * Dutch gloeien * Finnish loistaa * German glühen * Norwegian glo * Old Norse glóa (Danish glo, Icelandic glóa, Swedish glo) * Saterland Frisian gloie, glöie, gluuje * West Frisian gloeie Pronunciation: /ɡləʊ/, /ɡloʊ/ 1. To emit heat and light without a flame. Labels: intransitive Example: Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point. 2. Of a fire: to emit heat and light. Labels: intransitive Example: The fire was still glowing after ten hours. Example: The mettled Steeds, vvhen from their Noſtrils flovvs / The ſcorching Fire, that in their Entrails glovvs. 3. To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine. Labels: intransitive Example: [N]ovv glovv'd the Firmament / VVith living Saphirs: […] Example: The Temple ſhakes, the ſounding Gates unfold, / VVide Vaults appear, and Roofs of fretted Gold: / […] / Of bright, tranſparent Beryl vvere the VValls, / The Freezes Gold, and Gold the Capitals: / As Heaven vvith Stars, the Roof vvith Jevvels glovvs, / And ever living Lamps depend in Rovvs. 4. To be very hot; also, to be on fire; to burn. Labels: intransitive Example: [T]he torrid Zone / Glovvs vvith the paſſing and repaſſing Sun. Example: Firſt vvith nice eye emerging Naiads cull / From leathery pods the vegetable vvool [cotton]; / VVith vviry teeth revolving cards releaſe / The tangled knots, and ſmooth the ravell'd fleece; / […] / Then fly the ſpoles, the rapid axles glovv, / And ſlovvly circumvolves the labouring vvheel belovv. 5. Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: The new baby’s room glows with bright, loving colours. Example: To vvhom the Angel vvith a ſmile that glovv'd / Celeſtial roſie red, Loves proper hue, / Anſvver'd. 6. Of a person: to display intense emotion. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: a healthy glow Example: The zealots glowed with religious fervor. 7. 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. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: After their workout, the gymnasts’ faces were glowing. Example: Moreover, is not this an opinion generally received, That vvhen our ears do glovv and tingle, ſome there be that in our abſence doe talke of us? 8. To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies. Labels: Internet, US, figuratively, intransitive Example: If this post glows any brighter I'm going to need sunglasses. 😄🕶👌 9. To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation. Labels: Internet, US, figuratively, intransitive 10. To emit (flame). Labels: archaic, obsolete, transitive Example: Shall Pagan Pages glovv celeſtial Flame, / And Chriſtian, languiſh? 11. To expose (someone) to the authorities. Labels: Internet, figuratively, transitive 12. To make (something) hot; to heat. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: On each ſide her, / Stood pretty Dimpled Boyes, like ſmiling Cupids, / VVith diuers coulour'd Fannes vvhoſe vvinde did ſeeme / To gloue the delicate cheekes vvhich they did coole, / And vvhat they vndid did.