radiate
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- 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.