ray
noun
1. a column of light (as from a beacon)
Similar word(s): beam, irradiation, shaft
Definition categories: phenomenon, light
2. a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
Definition categories: plant, pedicel, pedicle
3. (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
Definition categories: shape, vector
4. a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
Similar word(s): beam
Definition categories: phenomenon
5. the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
Definition categories: communication
6. any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
Definition categories: animal, spine
7. cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
Definition categories: animal, elasmobranch, selachian
Sentences with ray as a noun:
- I saw a ray of light through the clouds.
- Unfortunately he didn't have a ray of hope.
verb
1. emit as rays
- That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky
Definition categories: weather, emit
2. extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
Similar word(s): radiate
Definition categories: stative, extend, go, lead, pass, run
3. expose to radiation
Similar word(s): irradiate