Rayed


[reyd] /reɪd/

adjective
1.
having or represented as having emanating ; radiate:
The saint was painted with a rayed, beatific face.
2.
having zoological or botanical (often used in combination):
a five-rayed fin.
[rey] /reɪ/
noun
1.
a narrow beam of light.
2.
a gleam or slight manifestation:
a ray of hope.
3.
a raylike line or stretch of something.
4.
light or radiance.
5.
a line of sight.
6.
Physics, Optics.

7.
Mathematics.

8.
any of a system of parts radially arranged.
9.
Zoology.

10.
Botany.

11.
Astronomy. one of many long, bright streaks radiating from some of the large lunar craters.
12.
a prominent upright projection from the circlet of a crown or coronet, having a pointed or ornamented termination.
verb (used without object)
13.
to emit rays.
14.
to issue in rays.
verb (used with object)
15.
to send forth in rays.
16.
to throw rays upon; irradiate.
17.
to subject to the action of rays, as in radiotherapy.
18.
Informal. to make a radiograph of; x-ray.
19.
to furnish with rays or radiating lines.
Idioms
20.
get / grab some rays, Slang. to relax in the sun, especially to sunbathe.
/reɪ/
noun
1.
a narrow beam of light; gleam
2.
a slight indication, esp of something anticipated or hoped for: a ray of solace
3.
(maths) a straight line extending from a point
4.
a thin beam of electromagnetic radiation or particles
5.
any of the bony or cartilaginous spines of the fin of a fish that form the support for the soft part of the fin
6.
any of the arms or branches of a starfish or other radiate animal
7.
(astronomy) any of a number of bright streaks that radiate from the youngest lunar craters, such as Tycho; they are composed of crater ejecta not yet darkened, and extend considerable distances
8.
(botany) any strand of tissue that runs radially through the vascular tissue of some higher plants See medullary ray
verb
9.
(of an object) to emit (light) in rays or (of light) to issue in the form of rays
10.
(intransitive) (of lines, etc) to extend in rays or on radiating paths
11.
(transitive) to adorn (an ornament, etc) with rays or radiating lines
/reɪ/
noun
1.
any of various marine selachian fishes typically having a flattened body, greatly enlarged winglike pectoral fins, gills on the undersurface of the fins, and a long whiplike tail. They constitute the orders Torpediniformes (electric rays) and Rajiformes
/reɪ/
noun
1.
(music) (in tonic sol-fa) the second degree of any major scale; supertonic
/reɪ/
noun
1.
Cape Ray, a promontory in SW Newfoundland, Canada
/reɪ/
noun
1.
John. 1627–1705, English naturalist. He originated natural botanical classification and the division of flowering plants into monocotyledons and dicotyledons
2.
Man, real name Emmanuel Rudnitsky. 1890–1976, US surrealist photographer
3.
Satyajit (ˈsætjədʒɪt). 1921–92, Indian film director, noted for his Apu trilogy (1955–59)
n.

“beam of light,” c.1300, from Old French rai (nominative rais) “ray (of the sun), spoke (of a wheel); gush, spurt,” from Latin radius “ray, spoke, staff, rod” (see radius). Not common before 17c. [OED]; of the sun, usually in reference to heat (beam being preferred for light). Science fiction ray-gun is first recorded 1931 (but cf. Martian Heat ray weapon in H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds,” 1898).

type of fish related to sharks, early 14c., from French raie (13c.), from Latin raia, of unknown origin.

ray (rā)
n.

Ray (rā), John. 1627-1705.

English naturalist who was the first to use anatomy to distinguish between specific plants and animals. He established the species as the basic classification of living things.
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