radiate

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Synonyms: eradiate, radiata, radiale, radicate, rabiate

Antonyms: eradiate, radiata, radiale, radicate, rabiate

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Verb

1. To extend, be sent or spread out from a center like radii.
2. To emit rays or waves.
   • The stove radiates heat.
3. To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
   • The heat radiates from a stove.
4. To illuminate.
5. To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
6. To manifest in a glowing manner.
   • Her face radiated joy. Her face radiated with joy.
7. To manifest itself in a glowing manner.
   • Joy radiated from her face.
8. To spread into new habitats, migrate.
9. To broadcast by radio.

Adjective

1. Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
   • a radiate crystal
2. Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture; radiant.
3. Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
4. Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.
5. Having radial symmetry, like a sea star.
6. Belonging to the Radiata.

Noun

1. One of the Radiata.

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