RADIATE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Verb

send out rays or waves

Example: The sun radiates heat

Categories: Emit, Give out, Give off

Part of speech: Adjective

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

Part of speech: Verb

extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center

Example: spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel; This plants radiate spines in all directions

Categories: Run, Go, Pass, Lead, Extend

Part of speech: Verb

cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays

Example: The sun is radiating

Categories: Cause to be perceived

Part of speech: Verb

issue or emerge in rays or waves

Example: Heat radiated from the metal box

Categories: Issue, Emerge, Come out, Come forth, Go forth, Egress

The word "radiate" was borrowed from Latin radiatus.

Legal and medical professions still use Latin phrases because of its precision and historical authority.