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WIKTIONARY
ray
Noun
  • A beam of light or radiation.
  • A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin. zoology
  • One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran. zoology
  • 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. botany
  • Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen. obsolete
  • A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point. mathematics
  • A tiny amount. colloquial
Verb
  • To emit something as if in rays. transitive
  • To radiate as if in rays intransitive
Noun
  • A marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.
Verb
  • To arrange. [14th-18th c.] obsolete
  • To dress, array (someone). [from 14th c.] now rare
  • To stain or soil; to defile. [16th-19th c.] obsolete
Noun
  • The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.
Noun
  • Array; order; arrangement; dress. obsolete
Noun
  • Alternative form of re music
Ray
Proper noun
  • A surname​ from a Middle English nickname meaning a king or a roe.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Raymond, also used as a formal given name.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, more often spelled Rae.
Proper noun
  • A city near Tehran, Iran.