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List of meaning for ray

a narrow beam of light

beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation(noun)

a column of light (as from a beacon)

ray(noun)

a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

ray(noun)

(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

beam, ray, electron beam(noun)

a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

re, ray(noun)

the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

ray(noun)

any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish

ray(verb)

cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins

ray(verb)

emit as rays

"That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"

radiate, ray(verb)

extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center

"spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions"

irradiate, ray(verb)

expose to radiation

"irradiate food"

a narrow sharply defined line of light radiating from an object

two red eyes reflected in the ray of light from the flashlight

a very small amount

the tapping sound ceased, extinguishing the last ray of hope that the trapped miners were still alive

to emit rays of light

klieg lights were raying against the nighttime sky at the Hollywood premiere

to extend outwards from or as if from a central point

laugh wrinkles rayed out from the corners of the old man's eyes

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