English Explanatory Dictionary

ray

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A beam of light or radiation.
  2. A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
  3. One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
  4. 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.
  5. Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
  6. A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
verb
  1. To emit something as if in rays.
  2. To radiate as if in rays.
  3. To expose to radiation.
noun
  1. Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like tails.
verb
  1. To arrange.
  2. To dress, array (someone).
  3. To stain or soil; to defile.
noun
  1. Array; order; arrangement; dress.
noun
  1. The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.
noun
  1. Alternative form of re.
name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. A diminutive of the male given names Raymond, Rayane, or Rayan, also used as a formal given name.
  3. A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, more often spelled Rae.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama.
  6. A ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona.
  7. An unincorporated community in Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana and Branch County, Michigan.
  8. A township in Macomb County, Michigan.
  9. An unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota.
  10. A minor city in Williams County, North Dakota.
  11. A river in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the River Cherwell.
  12. A river in north Wiltshire, England, which joins the Thames.
name
  1. A city near Tehran, Iran.
  2. A region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert; Rhagiana.

Pronunciation

rā /ɹeɪ/ En-us-ray.ogg

Word forms

ray rays raying rayed Rey Rai Rhay Rhey Shahr-e-Rey Shahr-e-Ray Shahr Rey Shahr Ray Chahr-e Ray Rhaga Rhagae Rhaganae Rhages Rages Raga Rayy al-Rayy

Etymology

Via Middle English, borrowed from Old French rai, from Latin radius (“staff, stake, spoke”). Doublet of radius.

Synonyms

Arsacia

Related words

ar in Latin and the name of the other Pitman r ray-woon Rhazes Rhagiana

Derived words

alpha ray anticrepuscular ray Becquerel calorific ray Becquerel ray beray Blu-ray calorific ray catch some rays cosmic ray crepuscular ray distributed ray tracing eigenray extraordinary ray finray god ray grocery shrink ray Gurwitsch ray half-ray heat-ray hemiray Lenard ray lightray medullary ray meridional ray mitogenetic ray number ray outray raycaster ray casting ray floret rayful ray grass ray gun raying room rayless raylet raylike ray marching ray of hope ray of light ray of sunshine rayproof raytraced ray tracer ray tracing repulsor ray sailray starry ray sunray superray violet ray X-ray bat ray butterfly ray cownose ray devil ray eagle ray electric ray manta ray ray-finned

Translations

Bulgarian: излъчвам Czech: zářit Czech: vyzařovat Esperanto: raii Estonian: kiirgama Estonian: kiiritama Malay: sinar Malay: menyinar Malay: bersinar Māori: whakawanawana Serbo-Croatian: zráčiti Turkish: ışımak
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