Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Find a word or form any language English German Search

glow up en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of glow-up.
   alt of glow-up

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
glow ups	Number=Plur		lexicographic

glow up en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive, slang) To undergo a glow-up.
   • We've all changed quite a bit since freshman year (thank goodness), but some people have particularly "glowed up." 2017 May 11, Rebecca Noel, “Senior Glow Ups”, in Lecacy, The Kinkaid School, page 29:
   • “Every single person in the 'Degrassi' cast somehow glowed up in the best way.” 2018, @agerenesh, quoted in Express, 14 June 2018, 15 June 2018, page 32
2. (slang, transitive) To cause to undergo a glow-up.
   • Speaking as a longtime iPhone user, I find it undeniable that Portrait mode — a marquee technology in a recent edition of the most popular phones in the world — has been glowed up. 2019 February 24, Alexis C. Madrigal, “No, You Don't Really Look Like That”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, page 18:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
glowed up	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
glowed up	Tense=Past		lexicographic
glowing up	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
glown up	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	dialectal	lexicographic
glew up	Tense=Past	dialectal	lexicographic
glows up	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic