Sekirov Dictionary

ray

/ɹeɪ/

noun9

  1. a thin straight line of light or heat that travels from something such as the sun
  2. Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like tails.
  3. A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
  4. A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
  5. One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
  6. 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. The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.
  8. (no longer used) Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
  9. (no longer used) Array; order; arrangement; dress.

verb6

  1. To emit something as if in rays.
  2. To radiate as if in rays.
  3. To expose to radiation.
  4. (no longer used) To dress, array (someone).
  5. (no longer used) To arrange.
  6. (no longer used) To stain or soil; to defile.
forms

rayed · raying · rays

Phrases with ray

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