"foreglow" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: foreglows [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + glow. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|glow}} fore- + glow Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreglow (plural foreglows)
  1. The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise. Synonyms: fore-glow, fore glow Related terms: alpenglow, forelight Translations (The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise): зарево (zarevo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), aamurusko (Finnish), Morgenrot [neuter] (German), Morgenröte [feminine] (German), morgonrodnad [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise",
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          "sense": "The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise",
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          "sense": "The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise",
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise",
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          "word": "morgonrodnad"
        }
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          "text": "He promised fair things and, when another morning came, set forth in the first rosy foreglow of dawn through a dew-soaked world to his new work.",
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          "ref": "1894, The Gentleman's Magazine:",
          "text": "But glorious, and educating, and inspiring as is the sunrise in itself in many cases, there is occasionally something very remarkable that is connected with it. Rare is it, but how charming when, witnessed, though till very' recently it was all but unexplained. This is the foreglow. It is in no respects so splendid as the afterglows succeeding sunset; but because of its rarity, its beauty is enhanced.",
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    {
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zarevo",
      "sense": "The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зарево"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise",
      "word": "aamurusko"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Morgenrot"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Morgenröte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "morgonrodnad"
    }
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}

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