Verb
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spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
"The plants on this island diversified"
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issue or emerge in rays or waves
"Heat radiated from the metal box"
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experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
"She was beaming with joy"
"Her face radiated with happiness"
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cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
"The sun is radiating"
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have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
"Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"
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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"
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send out real or metaphoric rays
"She radiates happiness"
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send out rays or waves
"The sun radiates heat"
Adjective
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having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies
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arranged like rays or radii
radiating from a common center
"radial symmetry"
"a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"
"many cities show a radial pattern of main highways"