Definition
to glow: to shine, to glimmer, to gleam
The lamp was glowing. It helps us to see in this room.
Her face was glowing at the ball due to her recent marriage proposal.
a glow: a light, a gleam, a brightness, a radiance
Pronunciation examples
UK: The light was glowing in the window.
US: Her face was glowing at the ball.
- "It almost seems to glow."
- "Edward : ...the Eiffel Tower has lights and glows"
- "Joan : Horatio, what's that strange glowing box they're watching?"
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