| verb | send out rays or waves “The sun radiates heat” |
| verb | send out real or metaphoric rays “She radiates happiness” |
| verb | extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center “spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel” |
| verb | have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink “Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna” |
| verb | cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays “The sun is radiating” |
| verb | experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion “She was beaming with joy” |
| verb | issue or emerge in rays or waves “Heat radiated from the metal box” |
| verb | spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate “The plants on this island diversified” |
| adjective | arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center “radial symmetry” |
| adjective | having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies |
| radiant | adjective | radiating or as if radiating light |
| radiation | noun | energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles |
| radiancy | noun | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
| radiance | noun | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
| ray | noun | (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point |
| glow | noun | an appearance of reflected light |
| radiator | noun | any object that radiates energy |
| diversification | noun | the condition of being varied |