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Definitions of radiate
  1. verb
    spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate

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  2. 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"

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  3. adjective
    arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center
  4. verb
    experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
    "Her face radiated with happiness"

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  5. verb
    have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

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  6. verb
    cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
  7. adjective
    having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies

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  8. verb
    issue or emerge in rays or waves
    "Heat radiated from the metal box"
  9. verb
    send out rays or waves
    "The sun radiates heat"
  10. verb
    send out real or metaphoric rays
    "She radiates happiness"
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Definition that contains radiate
  • star (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
  • radiation energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
  • cosmos any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals
  • radiator any object that radiates energy
  • rad a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
  • spindle (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
  • absorption (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
  • emanation something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.)
  • radio source an object that radiates radio waves
  • greenhouse warming warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth
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