Radiate

Verb

 * 1) To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
 * 2)  To emit rays or waves.
 * The stove radiates heat.
 * 1)  To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
 * The heat radiates from a stove.
 * 1)  To illuminate.
 * 2) To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
 * 3)  To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
 * 4)  to spread into new habitats, migrate.

Synonyms

 * irradiate

Derived terms

 * radiator

Adjective

 * 1) radiating from a center.
 * 2) surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
 * 3)  having parts radiating from the center, such as the petals in many flowers.
 * 4)  having radial symmetry, such as a seastar.

Thesaurus
be bright, beacon, beam, bedazzle, bestrew, blaze, blind, broadcast, burn, circulate, circumfuse, coruscate, daze, dazzle, deal out, diffract, diffuse, diffuse light, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, distribute, diverge, emanate, emit, fan out, flame, flare, flash, fulgurate, give light, give off, give out, glance, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, incandesce, irradiate, issue, jam, luster, newscast, overscatter, oversow, overspread, propagate, publish, radio, radiobroadcast, ray, retail, scatter, scintillate, send, send out, send out rays, shed, shimmer, shine, shine brightly, shoot, shoot out rays, shortwave, sign off, sign on, sow, sow broadcast, sparkle, splay, sportscast, spread, spread out, strew, transmit, twinkle, utter, wireless

Related terms

 * radial
 * radiation
 * radio
 * radius
 * ray