Dictionary

radiate

-verb

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.

-adjective

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