Dictionary Entry
radiate
radiate is a 7-letter English word with 18 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
- 2intransitive verb
To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat.
- 3transitive verb
To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.
- 4transitive verb
To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate.
- 5adjective
Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.
- 6adjective
Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.
- 7adjective
Belonging to the Radiata.
- 8noun
One of the Radiata.
- 9verb
send out real or metaphoric rays
"She radiates happiness"
- 10verb
spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
"The plants on this island diversified"
Synonyms
- 11verb
issue or emerge in rays or waves
"Heat radiated from the metal box"
- 12verb
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"
- 13verb
cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
"The sun is radiating"
- 14verb
have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
"Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"
- 15verb
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"
Synonyms
- 16verb
send out rays or waves
"The sun radiates heat"
- 17adjective
having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies
- 18adjective
arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center
"radial symmetry"
"a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"
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