Entry Word: radiate

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to extend outwards from or as if from a central point <the heat radiating from the fire> <the spokes of a bicycle wheel radiate from the hub towards the rim>

Synonyms branch, diverge, fan (out)

Related Words diffuse, dispel, disperse, dissipate; fork, stem; divide, separate, split; scatter, splay, spread; arise, derive, emanate, flow, issue, proceed, spring

Near Antonyms approach, close in (on), near; center (on), centralize

Antonyms concentrate, converge, focus, funnel, meet

2 to emit rays of light <fireflies give off their light by means of a chemical reaction that causes their abdomens to radiate> — see shine 1