Glow (verb)
To give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated.
“The fire was still glowing after ten hours.”
Glow (verb)
To radiate some emotional quality like light.
“The zealots glowed with religious fervor.”
“You are glowing from happiness!”
Glow (verb)
To gaze especially passionately at something.
Glow (verb)
To radiate thermal heat.
“Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point.”
“After their workout, the gymnasts’ faces were glowing red.”
Glow (verb)
To shine brightly and steadily.
“The new baby’s room glows with bright, loving colors.”
Glow (verb)
To make hot; to flush.
Glow (verb)
To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
Glow (noun)
The state of a glowing object.
Glow (noun)
The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings.
Glow (noun)
The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one’s face).
“He had a bright red glow on his face.”
Glare (noun)
An intense, blinding light.
Glare (noun)
Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
Glare (noun)
An angry or fierce stare.
Glare (noun)
A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
Glare (noun)
A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
“a glare of ice”
Glare (noun)
A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
Glare (verb)
To stare angrily.
“He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.”
Glare (verb)
To shine brightly.
“The sun glared down on the desert sand.”
Glare (verb)
To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
Glare (verb)
To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Glare (adjective)
smooth and bright or translucent; glary
“skating on glare ice”
Glow (verb)
give out steady light without flame
“the tips of their cigarettes glowed in the dark”
Glow (verb)
have an intense colour and a slight shine
“a fluorescent screen glowed a faint green colour”
Glow (verb)
(of a person’s face) appear pink or red as a result of warmth, health, embarrassment, etc.
“he was glowing with health”
Glow (verb)
convey deep pleasure through one’s expression or bearing
“Katy always glowed when he praised her”
Glow (noun)
a steady radiance of light or heat
“the setting sun cast a deep red glow over the city”
Glow (noun)
a feeling of warmth in the face or body
“he could feel the brandy filling him with a warm glow”
Glow (noun)
a redness of the cheeks.
Glow (noun)
a strong feeling of pleasure or well-being
“with a glow of pride, Mildred walked away”