glowing

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloʊɪŋ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡləʊɪŋ/
Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ

Verb

glowing

present participle of glow

Noun

glowing (plural glowings)

The action of the verb glow.
- 1791, Robert Jackson, A Treatise on the Fevers of Jamaica, page 287:
  The coldness having now arrived at its acme, or highest point of intensity, glowings of heat were perceived in the intervals between the rigors or successions. These glowings grew gradually stronger […]

Adjective

glowing (comparative more glowing, superlative most glowing)

That glows or glow.
glowing embers
(figuratively) Full of praise.
He received glowing references from his previous employers.

Translations

that which glows

Dutch: gloeiend (nl)
Finnish: hohtava (1), hehkuva (1)
French: luisant (fr), brillant (fr)
Georgian: კაშკაშა (ḳašḳaša), მნათი (mnati)
German: glühend (de)
Irish: beodhearg, breoch, caordhearg, dathannach, gríosach

Maori: ratarata, whakauraura, pakakina
Norwegian:
Bokmål: glødende

Nynorsk: glødande
Russian: блестя́щий (ru) (blestjáščij)

Anagrams

gowling

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