Ray
Definitions
- Array; order; arrangement; dress.
- The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- A city near Tehran, Iran.
- A beam of light or radiation.
- Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like tails.
- A diminutive of the male given name Raymond, also used as a formal given name.
- A region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert; Rhagiana.
- A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
- A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, more often spelled Rae.
- One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama.
- A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
- A ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona.
- Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
- An unincorporated community in Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana and Branch County, Michigan.
- A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
- A township in Macomb County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota.
- A minor city in Williams County, North Dakota.
- A river in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the River Cherwell.
- A river in north Wiltshire, England, which joins the Thames.
Equivalents
Examples
“I saw⟳ a ray of light⟳ through the clouds.”
“Strangely light⟳ and delicate was his frame and seeming, yet with a sense⟳ of slumbering power beneath, as the delicate peak of a snow⟳ mountain seen afar in the low red rays of morning.”
“All eyes direct⟳ their rays / On him, and crowds turn⟳ coxcombs as they gaze.”
“spoyling all her geares and goodly ray”
“-, or Raymond if it happened to be a boy, choosing it in the hope⟳ that a name⟳ like⟳ Ray would make⟳ a boy's life easier.”
“Although the name⟳ on his birth certificate was spelled "Ray", Ray said he was originally given the name⟳ "Rae" after Rae Williams, a cousin on his father's side.”
“Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood linked the drunken driving and distracted driving issues in his statement announcing the meeting.”
“'Rachel told me―' 'Call⟳ her Ray. She hates Rachel.'”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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