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

• any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish

• the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

• a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

• (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

• a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

Verb

• expose to radiation
  • irradiate food
    

• 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
    

• emit as rays
  • That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  re , beam , electron beam , beam of light , light beam , ray of light , shaft , shaft of light , irradiation , irradiate , radiate