rays Meaning & Definition
/ɹeɪz/
What Does Rays Mean?
As a noun, rays means plural of ray. As a verb, it means third-person singular simple present indicative of ray. As a verb, it means To emit something as if in rays.
Rays Definition (Noun)
- plural of ray
Rays as a Verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of ray
Noun
- A beam of light or radiation.
I saw a ray of light through the clouds.
- A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
- One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
- 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.
- Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
- A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
- A tiny amount.
Unfortunately he didn't have a ray of hope.
Verb
- To emit something as if in rays.
- To radiate as if in rays.
Noun
- A marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.
Verb
- To arrange.
- To dress, array (someone).
- To stain or soil; to defile.
Noun
- The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.
Noun
- A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.
Synonyms of Rays
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Rays synonyms and antonyms →Rays in a Sentence
I saw a ray of light through the clouds.
Unfortunately he didn't have a ray of hope.
Word Forms & Grammar
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