radiate definition

1. send out rays or waves
• examples: The sun radiates heat
2. send out real or metaphoric rays
• examples: She radiates happiness
3. extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
• examples: spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel
• examples: This plants radiate spines in all directions
4. cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
• examples: The sun is radiating
5. issue or emerge in rays or waves
• examples: Heat radiated from the metal box
6. having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies