radiate meaning and definition

RADIATE verb

Definition of radiate (verb)

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"
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: beam, glow, 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"
   • synonyms: beam, glow, 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"
   • synonyms: diversify

RADIATE adjective

Definition of radiate (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: radial, stellate
2. having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies