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radiate
verb
1 radiate
Send out rays or waves.
Roget 291:
diverge,
divaricate,
radiate;
ramify;
branch off,
glance off,
file off;
fly off,
fly off at a tangent;
spread,
scatter,
disperse
etc.
73;
deviate
etc.
279;
part
etc.
(separate)
44.
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Roget 670:
preserve,
maintain,
keep,
sustain,
support,
hold;
keep up,
keep alive;
refrigerate,
keep on ice;
not willingly let die;
bank up;
nurse;
save,
rescue;
be safe,
make safe
etc.
664;
take care of
etc.
(care)
459;
guard
etc.
(defend)
717.
stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]
[Bacon];
hold one's own;
hold one's ground,
stand one's ground
etc.
(resist)
719.
embalm,
cure,
salt,
pickle,
season,
kyanize†,
bottle,
pot,
tin,
can;
sterilize,
pasteurize,
radiate;
dry,
lyophilize [Chem],
freeze-dry,
concentrate,
evaporate;
freeze,
quick-freeze,
deep-freeze;
husband
etc.
(store)
636.
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2 radiate
Send out real or metaphoric rays.
3 radiate
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.
synonym: ray.
4 radiate
Have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink.
synonyms: beam, glow, shine.
Roget 420:
shine,
glow,
glitter;
glister,
glisten;
twinkle,
gleam;
flare,
flare up;
glare,
beam,
shimmer,
glimmer,
flicker,
sparkle,
scintillate,
coruscate,
flash,
blaze;
be bright
etc.
adj.;
reflect light,
daze,
dazzle,
bedazzle,
radiate,
shoot out beams;
fulgurate.
clear up,
brighten.
lighten,
enlighten;
levin†;
light,
light up;
irradiate,
shine upon;
give out a light,
hang out a light;
cast light upon,
cast light in,
throw light upon,
throw light in,
shed light upon,
shed luster upon;
illume†,
illumine,
illuminate;
relume†,
strike a light;
kindle
etc.
(set fire to)
384.
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5 radiate
Cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays.
6 radiate
Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion:
— Her face radiated with happiness.
synonyms: beam, glow, shine.
Dutch: afstralen, glimmen, glunderen, stralen
7 radiate
Issue or emerge in rays or waves.
8 radiate
Spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate.
synonym: diversify.
adjective
1 radiate
Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center.
synonyms: radial, stellate.
Polish: promienisty
2 radiate
Having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies.
Moby 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 ... show more.
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