glow

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noun

1 steady light

ADJECTIVE

▪ cosy/cozy, rich, soft, warm

▪ dim, dull, faint, pale

▪ steady

▪ eerie (esp. AmE), ghostly

VERB + GLOW

▪ cast, give sth, throw

▪

The lamplight gave a cosy/cozy glow to the room.

▪

The sunset threw an orange glow on the cliffs.

▪ be bathed in

▪

The whole town was bathed in the glow of the setting sun.

GLOW + VERB

▪ light sth

▪

Our faces were lit by the faint green glow of the dashboard lights.

▪ surround sth

PREPOSITION

▪ glow from

▪

the soft glow from the lamp

▪ glow of

2 in sb's face

ADJECTIVE

▪ healthy, pink, rosy, warm

VERB + GLOW

▪ have

▪

Her cheeks had a healthy glow.

PHRASES

▪ bring a glow to sb's face

▪

The wine had brought a warm glow to her face.

3 feeling

ADJECTIVE

▪ rosy, warm

VERB + GLOW

▪ bask in, bathe in, feel

▪

She bathed in the warm glow of first love.

PREPOSITION

▪ glow of

▪

He felt a glow of pride as he watched them.

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verb

1 give out light/heat

ADVERB

▪ faintly, softly

▪

Two lamps glowed softly in the lounge.

PHRASES

▪ glow orange, red, etc.

▪

The stones around the bonfire glowed red with the heat.

2 look healthy, happy, angry, etc.

ADVERB

▪ positively

PREPOSITION

▪ with

▪

She was positively glowing with happiness.

Glow is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑candle, ↑cigar, ↑cigarette, ↑eye, ↑face, ↑fire, ↑lamp, ↑lantern, ↑light, ↑moon, ↑skin, ↑window

Glow is used with these nouns as the object: ↑coal