Definition of Ray

Noun

  • cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside
    most swim by moving the pectoral fins
  • any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
  • the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
  • a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
    - electron beam
  • (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
  • a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
  • a column of light (as from a beacon)
    - beam of light - light beam - ray of light - shaft of light

Verb

  • expose to radiation
    "irradiate food"
  • 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"
  • emit as rays
    "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"
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Unscramble ray

7 unscramble word found using the letters ray.

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