glow

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To emit light as if heated.
2. (copulative) To radiate thermal heat.
3. To display intense emotion.
4. To gaze especially passionately at something.
5. To shine brightly and steadily.
6. (transitive) To make hot; to flush.
7. (intransitive) To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
8. (Internet, intransitive) To be related to or part of an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
9. (Internet) to expose someone to the authorities.
10. (Internet) to create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The light given off by a glowing object.
2. (countable, uncountable) The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings.
3. (countable, uncountable) The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face).

Concepten

gloeien

blaken

gloed

in gloed staan

stralen

vuur

🔥

schitteren

glanzen

branden

blinken

schijnen

Synoniemen

shine

gleam

blaze

light

radiance

burn

glitter

lustre

radiate

flame

luster

brightness

heat

flash

glint

beam

glimmer

sparkle

❇️

flush

twinkle

brighten

glare

shimmer

glowing

smoulder

brilliance

glisten

sun

🌞

be bright

glance

freshness

incandesce

flare

bloom

incandescence

smolder

effulgence

luminescence

smoke

lambency

redden

sheen

burning

perspire

piquancy

emit

luminosity

liveliness

colourfulness

gleaming

Vertalingen

brillar

lueur

resplandecer

ardore

brillare

glühen

strahlen

glänzen

resplandor

briller

leuchten

luire

risplendere

scheinen

rougeoyer

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡləʊ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: glowen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: glōwan

Verwant aan Saterfries: gloie

Verwant aan Fries: gloeie

Verwant aan Nederlands: gloeien

Verwant aan Duits: glühen

Verwant aan Deens: -

Verwant aan Noors: glo

Verwant aan IJslands: glóa

Verwant aan Fins: loistaa

In summary

From Middle English glowen, from Old English glōwan, from Proto-West Germanic *glōan, from Proto-Germanic *glōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁-.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian gloie, glöie, gluuje, West Frisian gloeie, Dutch gloeien, German glühen, Danish and Norwegian glo, Icelandic glóa, Finnish loistaa. See also glass.