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radiate

ray dee uht

  • v  send out rays or waves
    The sun radiates heat
  • v  send out real or metaphoric rays
    She radiates happiness
  • v  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
  • v  have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
  • v  cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
  • v  experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
    Her face radiated with happiness
  • v  issue or emerge in rays or waves
    Heat radiated from the metal box
  • v  spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
  • s  arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center
  • s  having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies

  • There were magical folks who could make freedom radiate through the walls of a Birmingham jail, a South African prison or a Gdansk shipyard.
  • Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone's harmonies radiate awkward warmth, while the rhythms pause just long enough to reveal surprising melodies.
  • John Mayer doesn't radiate courage.
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