different between glow vs glom

English

Etymology

From Middle English glowen, from Old English gl?wan, from Proto-Germanic *gl?an?, from Proto-Indo-European *??el-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gloie, glöie, gluuje, West Frisian gloeie, Dutch gloeien, German glühen, Danish and Norwegian glo, Icelandic glóa. See also glass.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lo?/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

glow (third-person singular simple present glows, present participle glowing, simple past glowed or (nonstandard) glew, past participle glowed or (nonstandard) glown)

1. To give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated.

2. To radiate some emotional quality like light.
3. To gaze especially passionately at something.
4. (copulative) To radiate thermal heat.

5. To shine brightly and steadily.
6. (transitive) To make hot; to flush.
7. (intransitive) To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.

   • Did not his temples glow / In the same sultry winds and scorching heats?

   • 1727, John Gay, Sweet William's Farewell to Black-eyed Susan

     The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.

Derived terms

• glew
• outglow

Related terms

• gleed

Translations

Noun

glow (countable and uncountable, plural glows)

1. The state of a glowing object.
2. The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings.
3. The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face).

   He had a bright red glow on his face.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• gowl, w.l.o.g., wlog

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English gl?wian.

Verb

glow

2. Alternative form of glewen (“to play music, have fun”).

Etymology 2

From Old French gluer.

Verb

glow

2. Alternative form of glewen (“to glue”).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m/

Etymology 1

From Scottish English glaum (“to grab or snatch at”).

Verb

glom (third-person singular simple present gloms, present participle glomming, simple past and past participle glommed)

1. (transitive, informal) To steal, to grab.
2. (intransitive) To stare.
3. (intransitive, informal) To attach.
   • 2000, Jodi Picoult, Plain Truth, page 17,

     “The oil pan cracked, the engine seized, and the internal parts glommed together.”

   • 2015, Janet Rae-Dupree, Pat DuPree, Anatomy and Physiology Workbook For Dummies, 2nd Edition, page 217,

     In short, blood comes through the artery (arteriole) and material gloms onto the nephron before twisting through the near (proximal) tubes, looping the loop, twisting through the distant (distal) tubes, and collecting itself at the other end.

Derived terms

• glom on
• glom onto
• glommer

Translations

References

• glom, entry in TheFreeDictionary.com.

Etymology 2

Noun

glom (plural gloms)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Short for glomerulus.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?m

Verb

glom

1. singular past indicative of glimmen

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gl?m, from Proto-Germanic *gl?maz. Cognate with Norwegian glom (“transparent cuticle or membrane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lo?m/

Noun

gl?m ?

1. gloom; twilight; darkness

Usage notes

• The exact gender of gl?m is uncertain. It is usually assumed to be a strong masculine noun.

Descendants

• Middle English: *glom
  • English: gloom
  • Scots: glom, gloam