Overview of noun ray

The noun ray has 7 senses

• beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation -- (a column of light (as from a beacon))


• ray -- (a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence)


• ray -- ((mathematics) a straight line extending from a point)


• beam, ray, electron beam -- (a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation)


• re, ray -- (the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization)


• ray -- (any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish)


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

Overview of verb ray

The verb ray has 3 senses

• ray -- (emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky")


• radiate, ray -- (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 -- (expose to radiation; "irradiate food")