WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ray1 /reɪ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a narrow beam of light.
  2. a slight sign or indication:a ray of hope.
  3. Optics, Physics, Optics
    • any of the lines or streams in which light appears to radiate from a bright body.
    • a stream of particles all moving in the same straight line, as x-rays.

ray2 /reɪ/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. Fisha kind of fish having a flattened body and greatly enlarged front fins with the gills on the undersides.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ray1  (rā),USA pronunciation n. 
  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. Optics, Physics, Optics[Physics, Optics.]
    • any of the lines or streams in which light appears to radiate from a luminous body.
    • the straight line normal to the wave front in the propagation of radiant energy.
    • a stream of material particles all moving in the same straight line.
  7. Mathematics
    • Mathematicsone of a system of straight lines emanating from a point.
    • MathematicsAlso called half-line. the part of a straight line considered as originating at a point on the line and as extending in one direction from that point.
  8. any of a system of parts radially arranged.
  9. Zoology
    • one of the branches or arms of a starfish or other radiate animal.
    • one of the bony or cartilaginous rods in the fin of a fish.
  10. [Bot.]
    • BotanySee ray flower. 
    • Botanyone of the branches of an umbel.
    • BotanySee vascular ray. 
    • Botany(in certain composite plants) the marginal part of the flower head.
  11. Astronomyone 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.
  13. Idioms get or grab some rays, [Slang.]to relax in the sun, esp. to sunbathe.

v.i. 
  1. to emit rays.
  2. to issue in rays.

v.t. 
  1. to send forth in rays.
  2. to throw rays upon;
    irradiate.
  3. Medicineto subject to the action of rays, as in radiotherapy.
  4. Medicine, Informal Terms[Informal.]to make a radiograph of;
    x-ray.
  5. to furnish with rays or radiating lines.
  • Latin radius radius
  • Old French rai
  • Middle English raie, raye 1300–50
ray′like′, adj. 
    1. See gleam. 
ray2  (rā),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fishany of numerous elasmobranch fishes, adapted for life on the sea bottom, having a flattened body and greatly enlarged pectoral fins with the gills on the undersides.
  • Latin raia
  • Old French rai)
  • Middle English raye (1275–1325

Ray  (rā for 1, 2, 4, 5; rī for 3),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical John, 1627?–1705, English naturalist.
    2. Man  (man),USA pronunciation 1890–1976, U.S. painter and photographer. Sat•ya•jit  (sut′yə jit),USA pronunciation 1921–92, Indian film director.
  2. a male given name, form of Raymond. 
  3. Also, Raye. a female given name, form of Rachel. 

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