Past tense of glow
regular verb
The past tense of glow is glowed. The past participle is also glowed.
Forms of glow
| Base form (V1) | glow /ɡləʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | glowed /ɡləʊd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | glowed /ɡləʊd/ |
| Present participle | glowing /ˈɡloʊɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | glows /ɡloʊz/ |
Less standard forms: glew (dialectal), glown (dialectal).
Glowed in a sentence
- The zealots glowed with religious fervor.
- The petaled rim of the sunflower glowed in the morning sunlight.From the entry petaled
- The petalled rim of the sunflower glowed in the morning sunlight.From the entry petalled
- The icebergs glowed different shades of blue: turquoise, cerulean, azure, pavonated, sapphire, ultramarine.2019 May 30, Rosita Boland, Elsewhere: One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel, Random House, →ISBN. From the entry pavonated
- “Every single person in the 'Degrassi' cast somehow glowed up in the best way.”2018, @agerenesh, quoted in Express, 14 June 2018, 15 June 2018, page 32. From the entry glow up
Meaning of glow
- verb To emit heat and light without a flame.
- verb Of a fire: to emit heat and light.
- verb To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine.
Questions about the past tense of glow
- What is the past tense of glow?
- The past tense of glow is glowed.
- What is the past participle of glow?
- The past participle of glow is glowed.
- Is glow a regular or irregular verb?
- Glow is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
- Is glew correct?
- glew is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of glow is glowed.
- Is glown correct?
- glown is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of glow is glowed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glow (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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