glowed
past simple and past participle ofglow
glow
verb[I]
uk/ɡləʊ/us/ɡloʊ/C2
toproduceacontinuouslightand sometimesheat:
Anightlightgloweddimlyin thecornerof the children'sbedroom.
Thissubstanceis soradioactivethat it glows in thedark.
C2
tolookattractivebecause you arehappyorhealthy,especiallywitheyesthat areshining:
The children'sfaceswere glowingwithexcitement.
They came back fromtheirweekat thebeach, glowingwithhealth.
be glowing
UK
to behotorredfromexercising:
When we got back fromourwalkin thesnow, mywholebodywas glowing.
Giving out light
- afire
- albedo
- beam
- bioluminescence
- burnished
- candlelit
- flicker
- gleam
- glimmer
- glitter
- glow
- illuminate
- noctilucent
- non-glare
- non-luminous
- out-glitter
- pearlescence
- reflected ray
- shine
- wink
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Examplesofglowed
glowed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Now and then heglowedwith approval when someone came to life and expressed a convincing emotion.
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His small eyesglowedand burned with a sombre light, and his thick lips were writhed back from his teeth, which grinned and chattered at us with half animal fury.
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But among all his attributes the one thatglowedmost of all was his humour.
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These monkeysglowedbrightly, and genetic tests soon confirmed that the fluorescent gene was, indeed, present.
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The station gardensglowedwith flowers, the palings were painted and the loos worked.
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I should like to feel that our foreign policy was not only cold-blooded and correct and diplomatic, but that itglowedwith warmth and good feeling for other people.
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Glowedfrom her cheek's bright torches, burning there.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The girl accepted the gift and the jewel in the girl's handglowed, magically transforming into a cute animal.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, the default backlight behaviour was inverted so that the textglowedwhile the background remained dark.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The relic displayed magical powers; itglowed, it was able to vanish, it could move itself and replicate itself.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bristlesglowedin the dark when wet.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When his ministry began its fires were slowly dying down, though the embers stillglowed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bones of cholla thatglowedthere in their incandescent basketry pulsed like burning holothurians in the phosphorous dark of the sea's deeps.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He found that the wigglowedand so used it instead of candles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The outlines of the carsglowedgreen through the curtain; as the curtain flew up, strobe lights flashed, highlighting the cars.
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