ray

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[edit] Etymology 1

Via Middle English < Old French < Latin staff, stake, spoke

[edit] Noun

Singular
ray

Plural
rays

ray (plural rays)

  1. A beam of light or radiation.
    I saw a ray of light through the clouds.
  2. a marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.
  3. A rib like reinforcing of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
  4. (mathematics) a line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
  5. (colloquial) a tiny amount.
    Unfortunately he didn't have a ray of hope.
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terms derived from ray (noun)
[edit] Translations
beam of light or radiation
marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail
mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point
colloquial: tiny amount
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to ray

Third person singular
rays

Simple past
rayed

Past participle
rayed

Present participle
raying

to ray (third-person singular simple present rays, present participle raying, simple past and past participle rayed)

  1. (transitive) To emit something as if in rays.
  2. (intransitive) To radiate as if in rays
[edit] Translations
to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays

[edit] Etymology 2

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ray

  1. (music) An anglicised spelling of re.

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[edit] Kurdish

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From Arabic

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ray

  1. opinion

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From French rail

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ray

  1. rail
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