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rays Synonyms & Antonyms

/ɹeɪz/

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Rays as a Noun

1

plural of ray

2

A beam of light or radiation.

I saw a ray of light through the clouds.

3

A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.

4

One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.

5

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.

6

Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.

7

A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.

8

A tiny amount.

Unfortunately he didn't have a ray of hope.

9

A marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.

10

The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.

11

A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

Rays as a Verb

1

third-person singular simple present indicative of ray

2

To emit something as if in rays.

3

To radiate as if in rays.

4

To arrange.

5

To dress, array (someone).

6

To stain or soil; to defile.

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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Words That Rhyme With Rays

Rays in Brief

Part of speechnoun, verb
Pronunciation/ɹeɪz/
Meaningplural of ray