adj
Meaning 1
That glows or glow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- glowing embers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
glowing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈɡloʊɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡləʊɪŋ/
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rhymes with -əʊɪŋ
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adj
Meaning 2
Full of praise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- He received glowing references from his previous employers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The action of glowing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of glow
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
highly enthusiastic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- glowing praise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: radiance, glow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: light, visible light, visible radiation
Narrower terms: aureole, corona
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُتَوَهِّج (mutawahhij) — that which glows
- Danish: glødende — that which glows
- Dutch: gloeiend — that which glows
- Finnish: hohtava — that which glows
- Finnish: hehkuva — that which glows
- French: luisant — that which glows
- French: brillant — that which glows
- Georgian: კაშკაშა (ḳašḳaša) — that which glows
- Georgian: მნათი (mnati) — that which glows
- German: glühend — that which glows
- Hindi: चमकीला (camkīlā) — that which glows
- Hindi: तेजस्वी (tejasvī) — that which glows
- Hungarian: fénylő — that which glows
- Irish: beodhearg — that which glows
- Irish: breoch — that which glows
- Irish: caordhearg — that which glows
- Irish: dathannach — that which glows
- Irish: gríosach — that which glows
- Irish: lonrach — that which glows
- Latin: incalēscēns — that which glows
- Māori: ratarata — that which glows
- Māori: whakauraura — that which glows
- Māori: pakakina — that which glows
- Norwegian Bokmål: glødende — that which glows
- Norwegian Nynorsk: glødande — that which glows
- Russian: блестя́щий (blestjáščij) — that which glows
- Spanish: lozano — that which glows
- Spanish: brillante — that which glows