glow
English
/ɡləʊ/, /ɡloʊ/
verb
Definitions
- To give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated.
- To radiate some emotional quality like light.
- To gaze especially passionately at something.
- (copulative) To radiate thermal heat.
- To shine brightly and steadily.
- (transitive) To make hot; to flush.
- (intransitive) To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English glowen inherited from Old English glōwan inherited from Proto-Germanic *glōaną (shine) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (shine, glow, shimmer, glimmer, be green yellow, flourish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰel-
Gloss
shine, glow, shimmer, glimmer, be green yellow, flourish
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aspen English
- Day-Glo English
- afterglow English
- afterglowy English
- aglow English
- air English
- airglow English
- aspenglow English
- boy English
- candle English
- candleglow English
- counterglow English
- day English
- dayglow English
- electroglow English
- foreglow English
- glow-up English
- glowboy English
- glowest English
- gloweth English
- glowiness English
- glowlamp English
- glowless English
- glowlight English
- glowsome English
- glowworm English
- glowy English
- lamp English
- light English
- moon English
- moonglow English
- night English
- nightglow English
- outglow English
- overglow English
- photoglow English
- reglow English
- sky English
- skyglow English
- sun English
- sunglow English
- up English
- wonder English
- wonderglow English
- worm English
- loistaa Finnish
- Glühbirne German
- Glühfaden German
- Glühlampe German
- Glühröhrchen German
- Glühstrumpf German
- Glühwein German
- Glühwendel German
- Glühwurm German
- Glühwürmchen German
- aufglühen German
- glühen German
- verglühen German
- gloeidraad Dutch, Flemish
- gloeien Dutch, Flemish
- gloeikous Dutch, Flemish
- gloeilamp Dutch, Flemish
- ontgloeien Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *glasą Proto-Germanic
- *glitrōną Proto-Germanic
- *glus- Proto-Germanic
- *glōaną Proto-Germanic
- glo Norwegian Nynorsk
- glowan Old English
- glōwan Old English
- glouworm Middle English
- glowen Middle English
- glóa Old Norse
- glóð Old Norse
- glóa Icelandic
- gleuaden Welsh
- gloeyen Middle Dutch
- gluoen Old High German
- glés Old Irish
- *gluoien Old Dutch
- gloian Old Saxon
- up
- boy
- sky
- sun
- air
- day
- moon
- lamp
- worm
- light
- Aspen
- night
- glowy
- aglow
- wonder
- reglow
- candle
- skyglow
- glowest
- airglow
- dayglow
- glowboy
- sunglow
- gloweth
- glow-up
- Day-Glo
- outglow
- glowlamp
- glowworm
- glowless
- overglow
- glowsome
- foreglow
- moonglow
- photoglow
- aspenglow
- nightglow
- glowiness
- afterglow
- glowlight
- afterglowy
- candleglow
- wonderglow
- electroglow
- counterglow