radiates

VERB

give off; scatter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beam diffuse diverge emanate emit gleam light up shine transmit

STRONG

afford broadcast circulate disseminate distribute expand glitter illumine irradiate issue pour proliferate propagate ramble ramify shed spread sprinkle strew yield

WEAK

branch out give out send out shoot out spread out throw out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dull take

STRONG

collect conceal gather hide hold keep

Example Sentences

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Taking first the lowest branch, how do the classes stand within the limits of the type of Radiates?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 by Various

In Radiates we have no prominent bilateral symmetry, as in all other animals, but an all-sided symmetry, in which there is no right and left, no anterior and posterior extremity, no above and below.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 by Various

In adding Infusoria to the Radiates, Cuvier was false to his own principle of founding all classification on plan.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 by Various

Under a third head he brought together the Radiates; but his symmetrical division united Articulates, Mollusks, and Vertebrates in the most indiscriminate manner.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 by Various

I have said that the Radiates are the lowest type among animals, embodying, under an infinite variety of forms, that plan in which all parts bear definite relations to a vertical central axis.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 by Various