radiate vs vent

radiate

verb
  • To come out or proceed in rays or waves. 

  • To illuminate. 

  • To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography. 

  • To manifest oneself in a glowing manner. 

  • To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii. 

  • To emit rays or waves. 

  • to spread into new habitats, migrate. 

noun
  • One of the Radiata. 

adj
  • Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture. 

  • Having radial symmetry, like a seastar. 

  • Belonging to the Radiata. 

  • Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated. 

  • Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers. 

  • Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular. 

vent

verb
  • To allow to escape through a vent. 

  • To allow gases to escape. 

  • To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca. 

  • To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation. 

  • To express a strong emotion. 

  • To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort. 

  • To sell; to vend. 

noun
  • An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows. 

  • Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet. 

  • A small aperture. 

  • The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge. 

  • Ventriloquism. 

  • A slit in the seam of a garment. 

  • Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance. 

  • An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass. 

  • The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates. 

  • A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration. 

  • In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet. 

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