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radiate

/ˈɹeɪdi.ət/

noun
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🇬🇧 UK

/ˈɹeɪdi.ət/

🇺🇸 US

/ˈɹeɪdi.ət/

Meaning

  1. Meaning 1 · noun

    One of the Radiata.

  2. Meaning 2 · verb

    To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.

  3. Meaning 3 · verb

    To emit rays or waves.

    “The stove radiates heat.”

  4. Meaning 4 · verb

    To come out or proceed in rays or waves.

    “The heat radiates from a stove.”

  5. Meaning 5 · verb

    To illuminate.

  6. Meaning 6 · verb

    To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.

  7. Meaning 7 · verb

    To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.

  8. Meaning 8 · verb

    (ecology, intransitive) to spread into new habitats, migrate.

  9. Meaning 9 · adjective

    Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

    “a radiate crystal”

  10. Meaning 10 · adjective

    Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.

  11. Meaning 11 · adjective

    Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.

  12. Meaning 12 · adjective

    Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.

  13. Meaning 13 · adjective

    Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.

  14. Meaning 14 · adjective

    Belonging to the Radiata.

How this word is used

  • General “The stove radiates heat.”
  • General “The heat radiates from a stove.”
  • Everyday “a radiate crystal”

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