'Radiate' definitions:
Definition of 'radiate'
From: WordNet
adjective
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]
adjective
Having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies
verb
Send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat"
verb
Send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness"
verb
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]
verb
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]
verb
Cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating"
verb
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]
verb
Issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box"
verb
Spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified" [syn: diversify, radiate]
Definition of 'Radiate'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Radiate'
From: GCIDE
- Radiate \Ra"di*ate\, n. (Zool.) One of the Radiata. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Radiate'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Radiate'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'radiate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- be bright,
- beacon,
- beam,
- bedazzle,
- bestrew,
- blaze,
- blind,
- broadcast,
- burn,
- circulate,
- circumfuse,
- coruscate,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- deal out,
- diffract,
- diffuse,
- diffuse light,
- dispense,
- disperse,
- dispread,
- disseminate,
- distribute,
- diverge,
- emanate,
- emit,
- fan out,
- flame,
- flare,
- flash,
- fulgurate,
- give light,
- give off,
- give out,
- glance,
- glare,
- gleam,
- glint,
- glisten,
- glitter,
- glow,
- incandesce,
- irradiate,
- issue,
- jam,
- luster,
- newscast,
- overscatter,
- oversow,
- overspread,
- propagate,
- publish,
- radio,
- radiobroadcast,
- ray,
- retail,
- scatter,
- scintillate,
- send,
- send out,
- send out rays,
- shed,
- shimmer,
- shine,
- shine brightly,
- shoot,
- shoot out rays,
- shortwave,
- sign off,
- sign on,
- sow,
- sow broadcast,
- sparkle,
- splay,
- sportscast,
- spread,
- spread out,
- strew,
- transmit,
- twinkle,
- utter,
- wireless
Words containing 'Radiate'
- Radiated,
- Radiately,
- Radiating,
- Radiation,
- Radiative,
- Radiator,
- Infrared Radiation,
- actinic radiation,
- adaptive radiation,
- alpha radiation,
- background radiation,
- beta radiation,
- blackbody radiation,
- corpuscular radiation,
- cosmic radiation,
- electromagnetic radiation,
- electron radiation,
- full radiator,
- gamma radiation,
- ionizing radiation,
- neutron radiation,
- nonparticulate radiation,
- optic radiation,
- particulate radiation,
- radiation diagram,
- radiation field,
- radiation pattern,
- radiation physics,
- radiation pressure,
- radiation pyrometer,
- radiation sickness,
- radiation syndrome,
- radiation therapy,
- radiator cap,
- radiator grille,
- radiator hose,
- radio radiation,
- solar radiation,
- ultraviolet radiation,
- visible radiation,
- Radiate-veined,
- acoustic radiation pressure,
- cosmic background radiation,
- planck's radiation law,
- x-radiation,
- black-body radiation,
- corpuscular-radiation pressure,
- cosmic microwave background radiation