radiate
to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
to emit rays, as of light or heat; irradiate.
to issue or proceed in rays.
(of persons) to project or glow with cheerfulness, joy, etc.: She simply radiates with good humor.
to emit in rays; disseminate, as from a center.
(of persons) to project (joy, goodwill, etc.).
radiating from a center.
having rays extending from a central point or part: a coin showing a radiate head.
radiating symmetrically.
Origin of radiate
1Other words from radiate
- ra·di·a·ble, adjective
- ra·di·a·bil·i·ty, ra·di·a·ble·ness, noun
- ra·di·a·bly, ra·di·ate·ly, adverb
- an·ti·ra·di·at·ing, adjective
- in·ter·ra·di·ate, verb (used without object), in·ter·ra·di·at·ed, in·ter·ra·di·at·ing.
- mul·ti·ra·di·ate, adjective
- mul·ti·ra·di·at·ed, adjective
- non·ra·di·at·ing, adjective
- re·ra·di·ate, verb, re·ra·di·at·ed, re·ra·di·at·ing.
- sub·ra·di·ate, adjective
- un·ra·di·at·ed, adjective
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How to use radiate in a sentence
It was June 2010, and he’d spent the night in a cold sweat, excruciating pain radiating from his back.
The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken | by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ | December 2, 2020 | ProPublicaThe Geminids owe their name to Gemini, because every meteor radiates from that constellation.
December’s stunning Geminid meteor shower is born from a humble asteroid | Ken Croswell | December 2, 2020 | Science NewsMost runaway stars are hot and blue, radiating just the type of far-ultraviolet light seen beyond the visible edges of galactic disks.
Runaway stars may create the mysterious ultraviolet glow around some galaxies | Ken Croswell | November 30, 2020 | Science NewsOstrichpillow’s heatbag is literally a squishy, energy-radiating pillow your friend can put their arms around.
The hottest gifts to buy for the friend who’s always cold | Sandra Gutierrez G. | November 20, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe medieval cathedral that radiated immortality hovered on the edge of destruction.
Watching the flames burn Notre Dame, the spiritual heart of France | Elaine Sciolino | November 6, 2020 | Washington Post
The heart of Wynwood is the six-block rectangle radiating from NW 2nd Avenue between 23rd and 26th Streets.
Adventures in Miami’s Coolest South Beach Alternative | The Daily Beast | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe heat radiating from the sun dries up water and causes it to evaporate.
Sun+Water= High Tech Caribbean Luxury At The Cusinart Resort | The Daily Beast | June 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut whether good or bad, all are light as a soufflé, radiating asexual whiteness in every note.
Before the Earthquake Hit: When The Beatles Landed in America | Michael Tomasky | January 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom my neck to my temples, there is a throbbing soreness on both sides of my face, all radiating from the hinge of my jawbone.
For Anderson, this is a role that she was born to play: uncompromising and flinty, radiating a ferocity and tough conviction.
The Haunting New Serial-Killer Thriller Heading to Netflix | Jace Lacob | May 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe or she is a radiating focus of goodwill; and their entrance into a room is as though another candle had been lighted.
The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis StevensonInstead, we may distinguish four main groups of roads radiating from London, and a fifth which runs obliquely.
The most usual are concentric or radiating colored bands of either simple or sawali weaves.
Philippine Mats | Hugo H. MillerThe whole Arcade seemed to change under the magic of Dangerfields radiating happiness.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonThe fruit consists of radiating, somewhat woody fibres, terminating in a tuberculated and slightly papillose surface.
British Dictionary definitions for radiate
Also: eradiate to emit (heat, light, or some other form of radiation) or (of heat, light, etc) to be emitted as radiation
(intr) (of lines, beams, etc) to spread out from a centre or be arranged in a radial pattern
(tr) (of a person) to show (happiness, health, etc) to a great degree
having rays; radiating
(of a capitulum) consisting of ray florets
(of animals or their parts) showing radial symmetry
adorned or decorated with rays: a radiate head on a coin
Origin of radiate
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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