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Meaning of "glower" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GLOWER

Probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Middle Low German glūren to watch.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GLOWER

glower  [ˈɡlaʊə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLOWER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Glower is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb glower in English.

WHAT DOES GLOWER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nernst glower

The Nernst glower is an obsolete device for providing a continuous source of infrared radiation for use in spectroscopy. Typically it was in the form of a cylindrical rod or tube composed of a mixture of certain oxides such as zirconium oxide, yttrium oxide and erbium oxide at a ratio of 90:7:3 by weight. They operated by being electrically heated to about 2000 °C. Initially they required external heating because the material is an insulator at room temperature. It has been replaced by a similar device known as a Globar made of silicon carbide that operates at about 1100 °C. The Globar does not require an external preheater as it is an electrical conductor at any temperature. It is also better suited for use in evacuated systems. Combustion ▪ Acetylene/Carbide ▪ Argand ▪ Candle ▪ Diya ▪ Flare ▪ Gas ▪ Kerosene ▪ Lantern ▪ Limelight ▪ Oil ▪ Rushlight ▪ Safety ▪ Tilley ▪ Torch Electric arc ▪ Carbon arc ▪ Klieg light ▪...

Definition of glower in the English dictionary

The definition of glower in the dictionary is to stare hard and angrily. Other definition of glower is a sullen or angry stare.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GLOWER

PRESENT

Present
I glower
you glower
he/she/it glowers
we glower
you glower
they glower
Present continuous
I am glowering
you are glowering
he/she/it is glowering
we are glowering
you are glowering
they are glowering
Present perfect
I have glowered
you have glowered
he/she/it has glowered
we have glowered
you have glowered
they have glowered
Present perfect continuous
I have been glowering
you have been glowering
he/she/it has been glowering
we have been glowering
you have been glowering
they have been glowering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I glowered
you glowered
he/she/it glowered
we glowered
you glowered
they glowered
Past continuous
I was glowering
you were glowering
he/she/it was glowering
we were glowering
you were glowering
they were glowering
Past perfect
I had glowered
you had glowered
he/she/it had glowered
we had glowered
you had glowered
they had glowered
Past perfect continuous
I had been glowering
you had been glowering
he/she/it had been glowering
we had been glowering
you had been glowering
they had been glowering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will glower
you will glower
he/she/it will glower
we will glower
you will glower
they will glower
Future continuous
I will be glowering
you will be glowering
he/she/it will be glowering
we will be glowering
you will be glowering
they will be glowering
Future perfect
I will have glowered
you will have glowered
he/she/it will have glowered
we will have glowered
you will have glowered
they will have glowered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been glowering
you will have been glowering
he/she/it will have been glowering
we will have been glowering
you will have been glowering
they will have been glowering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would glower
you would glower
he/she/it would glower
we would glower
you would glower
they would glower
Conditional continuous
I would be glowering
you would be glowering
he/she/it would be glowering
we would be glowering
you would be glowering
they would be glowering
Conditional perfect
I would have glower
you would have glower
he/she/it would have glower
we would have glower
you would have glower
they would have glower
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been glowering
you would have been glowering
he/she/it would have been glowering
we would have been glowering
you would have been glowering
they would have been glowering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you glower
we let´s glower
you glower
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to glower
Past participle
glowered
Present Participle
glowering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLOWER


bellflower
ˈbɛlˌflaʊə
cauliflower
ˈkɒlɪˌflaʊə
coneflower
ˈkəʊnˌflaʊə
cornflour
ˈkɔːnˌflaʊə
cornflower
ˈkɔːnˌflaʊə
dayflower
ˈdeɪˌflaʊə
elderflower
ˈeldəflaʊə
flour
ˈflaʊə
flower
ˈflaʊə
lour
laʊə
mayflower
ˈmeɪˌflaʊə
moonflower
ˈmuːnˌflaʊə
passionflower
ˈpæʃənˌflaʊə
plower
ˈplaʊə
safflower
ˈsæflaʊə
starflower
ˈstɑːˌflaʊə
sunflower
ˈsʌnˌflaʊə
wallflower
ˈwɔːlˌflaʊə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLOWER

glove factory
glove maker
glove puppet
glove shop
gloved
gloveless
glover
glow
glow discharge
glow lamp
glow plug
glow-worm
glowering
gloweringly
glowfly
glowing
glowingly
glowstick
gloxinia
gloze

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLOWER

bird of paradise flower
bird-of-paradise flower
blower
cam follower
follower
glass-blower
lower
monkey flower
power
purple coneflower
snowblower
strawflower
swallower
sword-swallower
the Mayflower
trumpet flower
wax flower
whistle blower
whistle-blower
wild flower
windflower

Synonyms and antonyms of glower in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GLOWER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «glower» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of glower

Translation of «glower» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLOWER

Find out the translation of glower to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of glower from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «glower» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

怒视
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fulminar con la mirada
570 millions of speakers

English

glower
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तिरछी निगाह से देखना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حملق بسخط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сердито смотреть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fuzilar com os olhos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একদৃষ্টিতে তাকান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lancer un regard noir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lebih laju
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

finster ansehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

渋い顔をする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노려보다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyenengake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bực bội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அச்சுறுத்திப்பார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चकाकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yiyecek gibi bakmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guardare di traverso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

glower
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сердито дивитися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

întuneca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βλοσυρώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

somber gesig sit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glower
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Glower
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of glower

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLOWER»

The term «glower» is regularly used and occupies the 73.796 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLOWER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «glower» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «glower» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about glower

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLOWER»

Discover the use of glower in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glower and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Spectrophotometric Study of the Luminous Radiation from ...
Apparently, therefore, this indicates an increase in the intensity of the light emitted from the glower as it ages, even though the current be kept constant. One would expect this if the glower gradually wastes away with continued use and thus ...
Leon W. Hartman, 1903
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
glower-ballast, and means for making detachable electrical connections between the glower and the ballast and between the heater and the cut-out. 2. In an electric lamp, the combination with a glower and an electric heater in proximity ...
United States. Patent Office, 1905
3
Electrical Review
Great progress has been made during the past year in the application of the Nernst glower principle, and to-day I am prepared to outline some new features of Nernst lamp practice which, with the mechanical improvements embodied in the ...
George Worthington, 1908
4
Tuesdays at the Castle
Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celia's favorite days. That's because on Tuesdays the castle adds a new room, a turret, or sometimes even an entire wing to itself.
Jessica Day George, 2011
5
The Electrical Engineer
will be. Such a case is not against the glower, bat really Bhows how it accommodates itself, just as the human eye adjusts itself for the mazimnm light within vision. The effect of missing the die is shown in Fig. 6. One glower has a specific ...
‎1905
6
Electrical World
The single-glower lamps are also provided with screw burners, while the multiple glowers are equipped with improved prong holders ; otherwise the chief difference between the two consists in mechanical construction. The single- glower ...
‎1908
7
The Electrician
cent. in voltage would mean the destruction of the glower. If a simple resistance is to be used as a ballast, the percentage of ballast would have to be increased from 10 to 30 in order to take care of' the variation in line voltage, and even this 30 ...
‎1905
8
The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights ...
4. In an electric lamp, the combination of a rare earth glower, such as described, an electric heater out of contact therewith for imparting an initial temperature thereto and thereby rendering it conductive, and means for interrupting the circuit  ...
‎1902
9
Manufactures, 1905
When the current through the glower has reached the predetermined proper amount, the cut-out coil becomes energized by the glower current passing through it, and the arm of the cut-out which had hitherto closed the heater circuit is ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, William Mott Steuart, 1908
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Estimates of Population 1904, 1905, 1906: Including the ...
The mode of operation of the lamp is therefore the admission of current to the heater, making it ' white hot, whereupon its proximity to the glower causes the latter to become a conductor through which the current then passes. When the current ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1907

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLOWER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glower is used in the context of the following news items.
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Golf's ultimate perfectionist
... Ballesteros asked his caddie to get an apple out of the bag, and then, having taken a bite, he threw it into a bush with a glower and mutter. «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
2
The 18 Greatest Scottish Golfers, Part II: Sam Torrance to Tommy …
... past the hole to miss the cut by a shot, while delivering a fearsome glower that could melt a Sherman tank. Despite falling agonisingly short in ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
3
'Threesomes'
She's a wreck by the end of class (and I was happy to see some frizz), but gamely chats it up with Blair while some mean ladies glower in the ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
4
Top 10 LGBT Characters in Video Games, From Mass Effect to Guilty …
... Baron Friedrich Von Glower (The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery), Sir Blaze the Smartly Dressed (Blazing Dragons), Alfred Ashford ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
5
Lake Club home sells for $1329000
James and Michelle Glower, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 8119 Waterview Blvd. to Stephen and Robin Bishop, of Baltimore, ... «YourObserver.com, Jul 15»
6
'Vendetta' details the white-hot feud between Bobby Kennedy and …
Hoffa, meanwhile, alternated between attempts to charm and intimidate RFK; one moment he would glower and glare at him, the next he would ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
7
Jai Courtney Puckering Up For The Kaiser's Last Kiss With Lily James
... Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Courtney still hasn't shown that he can do much more than glower menacingly and look good with his shirt off. «We Got This Covered, Jul 15»
8
'The Bachelorette': Oh, AlamNO.
This goes over about as well as you might expect with the rest of the ManApes who glower and grunt in their disapproval. As for Wesley Snipes, ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
9
Book review: Jessica Day Georg shares historical spin on Dracula's …
A fourth book in the Castle Glower series, “Fridays with the Wizards,” is scheduled to be released in February 2016. George has also recently ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»
10
Goldfinger couldn't give his past the slip
And as he swaggered out of the Old Bailey courtroom in 1987, the gangster nicknamed Goldfinger reserved a special glower for an old ... «The Times, Jul 15»

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