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# irradiate

«irradiate» in Mova's school dictionary: **to send rays, such as X-rays, gamma rays or ultraviolet…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#m1)

2) To irradiate food is to treat it with rays to kill germs so it keeps longer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#m2)

3) (literary) To irradiate is to light something up brightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x1)
- Some spices are irradiated to kill germs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x2)
- The sun irradiates the Earth with light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x3)
- The scientist irradiated the seeds to see if they changed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x4)
- Sunlight irradiated the whole valley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x5)
- Irradiated food is not radioactive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x6)
- "My beams irradiated the naked walls that form the streets there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x7)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.