| radiate | | |
| v. (weather) | 1. radiate | send out rays or waves.; "The sun radiates heat" |
| ~ give out, emit, give off | give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc..; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" |
| v. (change) | 2. radiate | send out real or metaphoric rays.; "She radiates happiness" |
| ~ emit, pass off, breathe | expel (gases or odors). |
| v. (stative) | 3. radiate, ray | 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" |
| ~ extend, run, lead, pass, go | stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" |
| v. (perception) | 4. beam, glow, radiate, shine | have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink.; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" |
| ~ appear, seem, look | give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" |
| v. (perception) | 5. radiate | cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays.; "The sun is radiating" |
| ~ cause to be perceived | have perceptible qualities. |
| ~ flash, twinkle, wink, winkle, blink | gleam or glow intermittently.; "The lights were flashing" |
| ~ glimmer, gleam | shine brightly, like a star or a light. |
| ~ glow | emit a steady even light without flames.; "The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden" |
| v. (emotion) | 6. beam, glow, radiate, shine | 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" |
| ~ feel, experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
| v. (change) | 7. radiate | issue or emerge in rays or waves.; "Heat radiated from the metal box" |
| ~ come forth, egress, emerge, go forth, come out, issue | come out of.; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" |
| v. (change) | 8. diversify, radiate | spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate.; "The plants on this island diversified" |
| ~ vary, alter, change | become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" |
| adj. | 9. radial, radiate, stellate | 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" |
| ~ symmetric, symmetrical | having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts. |
| adj. | 10. radiate | having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies. |
| ~ compound | composed of more than one part.; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes"; "compound flower heads" |
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