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glowing

 
Adjective glowing has 2 senses
  1. aglow, glowing, lambent, lucent, luminous - softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"
    Antonym: dull (indirect, via bright)
  2. glowing - highly enthusiastic; "glowing praise"
    Antonym:
    unenthusiastic (indirect, via enthusiastic)
Noun glowing has 1 sense
  1. radiance, glow, glowing - the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
    --1 is a kind of light, visible light, visible radiation
    --1 has particulars: aureole, corona
Verb glow has 5 senses
  1. glow - emit a steady even light without flames; "The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden"
    --1 is one way to
    radiate
    Derived form: noun glow2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. glow, beam, radiate, shine - especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"
    --2 is one way to look, appear, seem
    Derived form: noun glow7
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  3. burn, glow - shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"
    --3 is one way to shine, beam
    Derived form: noun glow3
    Sample sentences:
    Lights glow on the horizon
    The horizon is glowing with lights
  4. glow - be exuberant or high-spirited; "Make the people's hearts glow"
    --4 is one way to
    feel, experience
    Derived form: noun glow1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  5. glow, beam, radiate, shine - experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"
    --5 is one way to feel, experience
    Derived forms: noun glow1, noun glow4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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