Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
2. (transitive) To emit rays or waves.
3. (intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
4. (transitive) To illuminate.
5. To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
6. (transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
7. (ecology, intransitive) To spread into new habitats, migrate.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To broadcast by radio.

Example Sentences

Crewe North Motive Power Depot is to be modernised completely. This includes the provision of a new coaling plant, ash handling plant, and two new locomotive sheds of the latest roundhouse type, each with 32 roads radiating from a 70-ft. dia. turntable.

Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road.

Doncaster is a rail hub in every sense. Passenger lines radiate in six directions, there are freight lines that bypass the station, extensive freight yards, a major works, and a rolling stock depot.

The stove radiates heat.

The heat radiates from a stove.

Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.

She raised her head, and carefully opened her eyes again, staring directly into the orange glow radiating through the thick glass.

Slim, sensual Richard Hell radiates a commanding coolness.

Word Forms

• radiates
• radiating
• radiated
• more radiate
• most radiate

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Use radiate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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