1. ray - noun
· a column of light (as from a beacon)
Synonym(s): beam, beam_of_light, light_beam, ray_of_light, shaft, shaft_of_light, irradiation
Hypernym(s): light, visible_light, visible_radiation
2. ray - noun
· a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
3. ray - noun
· (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
Hypernym(s): vector
4. ray - noun
· a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
Synonym(s): beam, electron_beam
Hypernym(s): electromagnetic_radiation, electromagnetic_wave, nonparticulate_radiation
5. ray - noun
· the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
Synonym(s): re
Hypernym(s): solfa_syllable
6. ray - noun
· any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
Hypernym(s): spine
7. 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
Hypernym(s): elasmobranch, selachian
8. ray - verb
· emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"
Hypernym(s): emit, give_out, give_off
9. ray - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): radiate
Hypernym(s): run, go, pass, lead, extend
10. ray - verb
· expose to radiation; "irradiate food"
Synonym(s): irradiate
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