glow

verb [I]

/ɡləʊ/

/ɡloʊ/

Definition

C2 to produce a continuous light and sometimes heat: A nightlight glowed dimly in the corner of the children's bedroom. This substance is so radioactive that it glows in the dark.Emitting and casting light C2 to look attractive because you are happy or healthy, especially with eyes that are shining: The children's faces were glowing with excitement. They came back from their week by the sea, glowing with health.Fit and healthy be glowing › to be hot or red from exercising: When we got back from our walk in the snow, my whole body was glowing.Hot and heatSultriness and humidity

(Definition of glow verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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