Ray - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|reɪ|
Brit.
|reɪ|
noun
- a column of light (as from a beacon) (syn: beam, irradiation, shaft)
- a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
- (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
- a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation (syn: beam)
- the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization (syn: re)
- any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
- cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
- a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
- (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
- a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation (syn: beam)
- the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization (syn: re)
- any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
- cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
verb
- emit as rays
- expose to radiation (syn: irradiate)
That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky
- extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center (syn: radiate)- expose to radiation (syn: irradiate)
Extra examples
...klieg lights were raying against the nighttime sky at the Hollywood premiere...
...laugh wrinkles rayed out from the corners of the old man's eyes...
The news of her safe arrival was the only ray of sunlight.
I couldn't offer her even the smallest ray of comfort.
His presence rays life into every part of the drama.
The room darkened as a cloud hid the sun's rays.
Rays of light filtered through the trees.
That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky
Word forms
noun
singular: ray
plural: rays
singular: ray
plural: rays
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