irradiate
part of speech
verb (irradiate, irradiates, irradiated, irradiating)
meaning for a pupil
1) (science) To irradiate something is to send rays, such as X-rays, gamma rays or ultraviolet light, onto or through it. tree →
2) To irradiate food is to treat it with rays to kill germs so it keeps longer. tree →
3) (literary) To irradiate is to light something up brightly. tree →
sense in the lessons
Science lessons about radiation and light; health: doctors irradiate cancer cells to kill them; food safety. In stories: «a smile irradiated her face». It tells the reader rays or light are shining on something.
examples
- Doctors irradiate tumours to destroy them. tree →
- Some spices are irradiated to kill germs. tree →
- The sun irradiates the Earth with light. tree →
- The scientist irradiated the seeds to see if they changed. tree →
- Sunlight irradiated the whole valley. tree →
- Irradiated food is not radioactive. tree →
- "My beams irradiated the naked walls that form the streets there. tree →
note
Regular: irradiated. Noun: irradiation. Myth: irradiated food does not become radioactive. Contains «radiate» (to send out rays).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «irradiate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.