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Noun ray has 7 senses

beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation - a column of light (as from a beacon)
--₁ is a kind of light, visible light, visible radiation
--₁ has particulars:
heat ray; high beam; moonbeam, moon ray, moon-ray; sunbeam, sunray; laser beam; low beam

Derived form: verb ray₁
ray - a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
--₂ is a kind of pedicel, pedicle
ray - (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
--₃ is a kind of vector

Derived form: verb ray₂
beam, ray, electron beam - a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
--₄ is a kind of electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation
--₄ has particulars: cathode ray; particle beam
Derived form: verb ray₃
re, ray - the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
--₅ is a kind of solfa syllable
ray - any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish
--₆ is a kind of spine
--₆ is a part of fin
ray - cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
--₇ is a kind of elasmobranch, selachian
--₇ has particulars:
electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo; sawfish; guitarfish; stingray; eagle ray; manta, manta ray, devilfish; skate

Verb ray has 3 senses

ray - emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"
--₁ is one way to emit, give out, give off

Derived form: noun ray₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
radiate, ray - extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiates spines in all directions"
--₂ is one way to run, go, pass, lead, extend

Derived form: noun ray₃
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
irradiate, ray - expose to radiation; "irradiate food"
--₃ is one way to process, treat

Derived form: noun ray₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something