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ALL meanings of ray

ray
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  • noun ray of light 1
  • noun ray fish 1
  • noun ray small amount 1
  • noun ray John, 1627?–1705, English naturalist. 1
  • noun ray Man [man] /mæn/ (Show IPA), 1890–1976, U.S. painter and photographer. 1
  • noun ray Satyajit [suht-yuh-jit] /ˈsʌt yə dʒɪt/ (Show IPA), 1921–92, Indian film director. 1
  • noun ray Cape, a promontory at the SW extremity of Newfoundland, Canada, on the Cabot Strait, at the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 1
  • noun ray a male given name, form of Raymond. 1
  • noun ray Also, Raye. a female given name, form of Rachel. 1
  • verb without object ray to emit rays. 1
  • verb without object ray to issue in rays. 1
  • verb with object ray to send forth in rays. 1
  • verb with object ray to throw rays upon; irradiate. 1
  • verb with object ray to subject to the action of rays, as in radiotherapy. 1
  • verb with object ray Informal. to make a radiograph of; x-ray. 1
  • verb with object ray to furnish with rays or radiating lines. 1
  • idioms ray get / grab some rays, Slang. to relax in the sun, especially to sunbathe. 1
  • countable noun ray Rays of light are narrow beams of light. 0
  • countable noun ray A ray of hope, comfort, or other positive quality is a small amount of it that you welcome because it makes a bad situation seem less bad. 0
  • countable noun ray A ray is a fairly large sea fish which has a flat body, eyes on the top of its body, and a long tail. 0
  • noun ray a narrow beam of light; gleam 0
  • noun ray a slight indication, esp of something anticipated or hoped for 0
  • noun ray a straight line extending from a point 0
  • noun ray a thin beam of electromagnetic radiation or particles 0
  • noun ray any of the bony or cartilaginous spines of the fin of a fish that form the support for the soft part of the fin 0
  • noun ray any of the arms or branches of a starfish or other radiate animal 0
  • noun ray any of a number of bright streaks that radiate from the youngest lunar craters, such as Tycho; they are composed of crater ejecta not yet darkened, and extend considerable distances 0
  • noun ray any strand of tissue that runs radially through the vascular tissue of some higher plants 0
  • verb ray (of an object) to emit (light) in rays or (of light) to issue in the form of rays 0
  • verb ray (of lines, etc) to extend in rays or on radiating paths 0
  • verb ray to adorn (an ornament, etc) with rays or radiating lines 0
  • noun ray any of various marine selachian fishes typically having a flattened body, greatly enlarged winglike pectoral fins, gills on the undersurface of the fins, and a long whiplike tail. They constitute the orders Torpediniformes (electric rays) and Rajiformes 0
  • noun ray (in tonic sol-fa) the second degree of any major scale; supertonic 0
  • noun ray John. 1627–1705, English naturalist. He originated natural botanical classification and the division of flowering plants into monocotyledons and dicotyledons 0
  • noun ray Man, real name Emmanuel Rudnitsky. 1890–1976, US surrealist photographer 0
  • noun ray Satyajit (ˈsætjədʒɪt). 1921–92, Indian film director, noted for his Apu trilogy (1955–59) 0
  • noun ray a masculine name 0
  • noun ray Man1890-1976; U.S. painter & photographer 0
  • noun ray Satyajit1921-92; Indian film writer & director 0
  • noun ray any of the thin lines, or beams, of light that appear to come from a bright source 0
  • noun ray a graphic representation of one of these, as in heraldry 0
  • noun ray any of several lines radiating from a center; radius 0
  • noun ray any straight line that extends from a point 0
  • noun ray a disclosure of mental or spiritual enlightenment 0
  • noun ray a tiny amount; slight trace 0
  • noun ray ray flower 0
  • noun ray any of the pedicels, or flower stalks, of an umbel 0
  • noun ray a medullary ray 0
  • noun ray a stream of particles given off by a radioactive substance 0
  • noun ray any of the particles in such a stream 0
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