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glowed

UK/ɡləʊd/US/ɡloʊd/

glowed is the simple past and past participle of glow.

Meaning of glow

Verb

glow (third-person singular simple present glows, present participle glowing, simple past glowed or (dialectal) glew, past participle glowed or (dialectal) glew or (dialectal) glown)

  1. (intransitive) To emit heat and light without a flame.
    • Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point.
  2. (intransitive) Of a fire: to emit heat and light.
    • The fire was still glowing after ten hours.
  3. (intransitive) To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine.
    • [N]ovv glovv'd the Firmament / VVith living Saphirs: […]1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature...
  4. (intransitive) To be very hot; also, to be on fire; to burn.
    • [T]he torrid Zone / Glovvs vvith the paſſing and repaſſing Sun.1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 59, lines...
  5. (figuratively, intransitive) Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour.
    • The new baby’s room glows with bright, loving colours.
  6. (figuratively, intransitive) Of a person: to display intense emotion.
    • a healthy glow

See all 18 meanings of glow

Phrases with glowed

Questions about glowed

What is glowed the simple past and past participle of?
Glowed is the simple past and past participle of glow.
How do you pronounce glowed?
Glowed is pronounced /ɡləʊd/ (UK).

Words near glowed in the dictionary

  1. glowbar
  2. glowbars
  3. glowbelly
  4. glowboy
  5. glowboys
  6. glowed
  7. glowed up
  8. glowedst
  9. glower
  10. glowered
  11. glowerer

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