radiate

Adjective

• having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies

• 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
    

Verb

• spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
  • The plants on this island diversified
    

• issue or emerge in rays or waves
  • Heat radiated from the metal box
    

• 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
    

• cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
  • The sun is radiating
    

• have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
  • Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna
    

• 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
    

• send out real or metaphoric rays
  • She radiates happiness
    

• send out rays or waves
  • The sun radiates heat
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  radial , stellate , diversify , glow , beam , shine , ray