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Definition of Glowing
1. Adjective. Highly enthusiastic. "Glowing praise"
2. Noun. The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface.
Specialized synonyms: Aureole, Corona
Generic synonyms: Light, Visible Light, Visible Radiation
Definition of Glowing
1. Verb. (present participle of glow) ¹
2. Noun. The action of the verb glow. ¹
3. Adjective. That glows or glow. ¹
4. Adjective. (figuratively) Full of praise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glowing
1. glow [v] - See also: glow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glowing
Literary usage of Glowing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1870)
"The glowing is performed in a furnace which is at other times used for converting
wrought-iron into cement steel; the quartz sand employed allows the ..."
2. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods: Or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau (1893)
"I thus warmed myself by the still glowing embers which the summer, like a departed
hunter, had left. When I came to build my chimney I studied masonry. ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1908)
"'•'•Men and women of our great cities need to read stories of the open, fresh
ivith mountain breezes, odorous -with the scent of pines and glowing with ..."
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