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# glow

verb (glow, glows, glowed, glowing); noun (a glow)

«glow» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To glow is to give out a soft, steady light without flames. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/#m1)
2. A glow is a soft warm light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/#m2)
3. To glow is to look warm, pink or healthy, often after exercise or when happy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/#m3)
4. To glow with a feeling means to show it clearly, like glowing with pride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science, some things glow because they are hot (embers, a light bulb filament), and some animals glow by themselves (fireflies, some sea creatures — bioluminescence). Glow-in-the-dark toys store light and give it back slowly. In stories, glow creates a warm or mysterious mood. Phrases: glow in the dark, glow with pride, the glow of the fire, a warm glow, glow-worm.

### Examples

- The embers glowed red in the fireplace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/#x1)
- My stickers glow in the dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/#x2)
- Fireflies glow on summer nights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/#x3)
- Her cheeks glowed after the run. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/#x4)
- He glowed with pride when he won. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/#x5)
- We saw the glow of the city lights from the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/#x6)
- A glow-worm shines in the grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/#x7)
- Men call this the Alpine glow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/#x8)

### Note

Glow is softer than shine or blaze. Glowing embers can still burn you and start a fire, even with no flames. "Glowing" can describe praise: a glowing report means a very good one.

## In Jewish tradition

Isaiah says a seraph touched his mouth with a glowing coal from the altar. The coal burned hot and bright.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads the burning coal as cleansing Isaiah's lips so he could speak for God. It is read as forgiving his sin.

### Examples

- Then flew unto me one of the seraphim, with a glowing stone in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar; (Prophets ISA.6.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/glow/#x1)

### Note

Glow is softer than shine or blaze. Glowing embers can still burn you and start a fire, even with no flames. "Glowing" can describe praise: a glowing report means a very good one.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «glow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«glow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/glow.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «glow» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/glow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«glow» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/glow.html) on Mova free.