Ray

Quick meaning: Ray is a noun meaning A beam of light or radiation.

Meaning

A beam of light or radiation.

More Meanings

1. (zoology) A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
2. (zoology) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
3. (mathematics) A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
4. (transitive) To emit something as if in rays.
5. (intransitive) To radiate as if in rays.
6. (botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
7. (obsolete) Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.

Example Sentences

spoyling all her geares and goodly ray

I saw a ray of light through the clouds.

All eyes direct their rays / On him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze.

From his soft eyes the teares he wypt away, / And from his face the filth that did it ray […].

Word Forms

• rays
• raying
• rayed

Synonyms for ray

Depending on context, synonyms include beam, radiate, irradiate, re, shaft.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include radiate, irradiate, beam, shaft, re, searchlight.

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