Definition of Radiate
Verb: radiate 'rey-dee,eyt
- Send out rays or waves
"The sun radiates heat"
- Send out real or metaphoric rays
"She radiates happiness"
- Extend or spread outward from a centre or focus or inward towards a centre
"This plants radiate spines in all directions"; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel";
- ray
- Have a complexion with a strong bright colour, such as red or pink
"Her face radiated when she came out of the sauna";
- glow, beam, shine
- Cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
"The sun is radiating"
- Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
"Her face radiated with happiness";
- glow, beam, shine
- Issue or emerge in rays or waves
"Heat radiated from the metal box"
- Spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
- diversify
- Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common centre
"radiate symmetry";
- radial, stellate
- Having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies
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