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glowedst

glowedst is the second-person singular simple past indicative 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

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Questions about glowedst

What is glowedst the second-person singular simple past indicative of?
Glowedst is the second-person singular simple past indicative of glow.

Words near glowedst in the dictionary

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

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