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VERB (8)

1. send out rays or waves;
- Example: "The sun radiates heat"

2. send out real or metaphoric rays;
- Example: "She radiates happiness"

3. extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center;
- Example: "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"
- Example: "This plants radiate spines in all directions"
[syn: radiate, ray]

4. have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink;
- Example: "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"
[syn: glow, beam, radiate, shine]

5. cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays;
- Example: "The sun is radiating"

6. experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;
- Example: "She was beaming with joy"
- Example: "Her face radiated with happiness"
[syn: glow, beam, radiate, shine]

7. issue or emerge in rays or waves;
- Example: "Heat radiated from the metal box"

8. spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate;
- Example: "The plants on this island diversified"
[syn: diversify, radiate]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center;
- Example: "radial symmetry"
- Example: "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"
- Example: "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways"
[syn: radial, stellate, radiate]

2. having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Radiate \Ra"di*ate\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Radiated (r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Radiating.] [L. radiatus, p. p. of radiare to furnish with spokes or rays, to radiate, fr. radius ray. See Radius, Ray a divergent line.] 1. To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine. [1913 Webster] Virtues shine more clear In them [kings], and radiate like the sun at noon. --Howell. [1913 Webster] 2. To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat. [1913 Webster] Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Radiate \Ra"di*ate\, v. t. 1. To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat. [1913 Webster] 2. To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. [R.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Radiate \Ra"di*ate\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[asl]t), a. [L. radiatus, p. p.] 1. Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) Belonging to the Radiata. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Radiate \Ra"di*ate\, n. (Zool.) One of the Radiata. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

radiate adj 1: arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways" [syn: radial, stellate, radiate] 2: having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies v 1: send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat" 2: send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness" 3: extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions" [syn: radiate, ray] 4: have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" [syn: glow, beam, radiate, shine] 5: cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating" 6: experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" [syn: glow, beam, radiate, shine] 7: issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box" 8: spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified" [syn: diversify, radiate]