Hypertext Webster Gateway: "glow"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.]
1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth
vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
--Pope.

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.

Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays.
--Dryden.

And glow with shame of your proceedings. --Shak.

3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin,
from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.

Did not his temples glow In the same sultry winds
and acrching heats? --Addison.

The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.
--Gay.

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.

With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows.
--Dryden.

Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
--Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Glow \Glow\, n.
1. White or red heat; incandscence.

2. Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as,
the glow of health in the cheeks.

3. Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of
passion; ardor.

The red glow of scorn. --Shak.

4. Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by
exercise, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Glow \Glow\, v. t.
To make hot; to flush. [Poetic]

Fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks
which they did cool. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

glow
n 1: an alert and refreshed state [syn: {freshness}]
2: light from nonthermal sources [syn: {luminescence}]
3: the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its
temperature is raised [syn: {incandescence}]
4: a feeling of considerable warmth; "the glow of new love"; "a
glow of regret"
5: the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving
at a point on a surface [syn: {radiance}, {glowing}]
6: an appearance of reflected light [syn: {gleam}, {gleaming},
{lambency}]
v 1: emit a steady even light without flames; "The fireflies were
glowing and flying about in the garden"
2: esp. of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as
red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the
sauna" [syn: {beam}, {radiate}, {shine}]
3: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in
the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: {burn}]
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: {beam}, {radiate},
{shine}]


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