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Dictionary Definition of halos
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halo noun ( plural haloes, halos ) 1. a radiance surrounding the head in the representation of a sacred personage. 2. an ideal glory investing an object viewed with feeling or sentiment: the halo around Shakespeare's plays. 3. Meteorology a circle of light, appearing round the sun or moon, caused by the refraction of light in suspended ice crystals. -- verb ( haloed, haloing ) -- verb (t) 4. to surround with a halo. -- verb (i) 5. Rare. to form a halo. [L halos, from Greek: disc, halo, threshing floor (on which the oxen trod out a circular path)] -- halo-like, adjective |
