Usually means: Emit energy as waves, particles.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word radiate:

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  1. radiate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. radiate: Merriam-Webster
  3. radiate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. radiate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. radiate: Collins English Dictionary
  6. radiate: Vocabulary.com
  7. Radiate, radiate: Wordnik
  8. radiate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. radiate: Wiktionary
  10. radiate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. radiate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. radiate: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. radiate: Dictionary.com
  14. radiate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Radiate (Enter Shikari song), Radiate (app), Radiate (coin), Radiate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Radiate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. radiate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. radiate: Rhymezone
  19. radiate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. radiate: FreeDictionary.org
  21. radiate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. radiate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. radiate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. radiate: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. radiate: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. radiate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. radiate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. radiate: Medical dictionary
  5. Radiate: Drug Medical Dictionary
  6. Radiate: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. radiate: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Radiate: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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verb:  To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
verb:  (transitive) To emit rays or waves.
verb:  (intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
verb:  (transitive) To illuminate.
verb:  To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
verb:  (transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
verb:  (ecology, intransitive) To spread into new habitats, migrate.
adjective:  Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
adjective:  Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture; (heraldry) radiant.
adjective:  (botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
adjective:  (botany) Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.
adjective:  (biology) Having radial symmetry, like a sea star.
adjective:  (zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.
noun:  (zoology) One of the Radiata.

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