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Definition of radiate:
send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat"
send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness" 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" have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating" 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" issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box" spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified" 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" having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies |