to ray
1
6.5
- verb
- /reɪ/
- OK, so my mom said inside we're supposed to ray and arrows pretty nice and full.
Examples
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We x-ray it on scene.
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As the dawn broke, the sun began to ray its warm light across the horizon.
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"He let it go through the evening and then this morning he came in and x-rayed it, and that's when we got the news."
Blog text (17) -
Artillery fire rayed the trenches, bathing Flanders in a ghastly manmade glow visible from two miles up.
Fiction book (1994) -
Now the light rayed outward to include the Three Kings, stationed symmetrically along the rim of the group of worshipers like jewels in the prongs of a crown.
Fiction book (1999) -
The artist decided to ray the design outward from the center of the canvas to create a sense of movement.
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In spring, the branches of the tree ray out new leaves, bringing life to the garden.
Synonyms
113
3.2
To extend beyond a surface or edge
36
3.7
To spread out from one point in different directions
23
4.8
To stick out from a surface, as when a balcony hangs over a street
19
5.8
To stick out from a surface or edge
13
5.0
To spread outward from a central point
12
3.4
To stick out from a surface like a rock or shelf
9
3.2
To turn a body part outward from the middle
6
4.3
To stick out from a surface
3
3.8
To become wider at one end like a dress or vase
To stick out from something
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
22
4.2
Very strong invisible rays that come from radioactive materials and can harm living tissue
- Specialized
15
3.3
A machine that uses X rays to take pictures of the inside of the body or of bags
- Specialized
6
3.9
A strong invisible light from the sun that can damage skin and kill germs
4
4.8
A very large sea animal with wide triangle-shaped fins that eats tiny sea plants and animals
- Specialized
3
7.0
A stream of electrons in a vacuum tube that makes images on old television screens or similar devices
- Specialized
2
6.9
A strong invisible light from a special lamp used for tanning or skin treatment
- Archaic
2
6.0
A large glass device in old TVs and computer screens that makes pictures with a beam of electrons
- Specialized
1
3.0
Special film that records pictures made by X-rays to show bones or the inside of objects
- Specialized
1
7.1
A way X-rays scatter from the atoms in a crystal to show its structure
1
7.5
A large flat sea animal in warm water with long pointed fins and white spots on its back
1
7.2
A flat sea fish with a rounded body that lives on the sea floor and gives strong electric shocks
- Archaic
1
6.9
People use a very short wave of energy to take pictures of the inside of the body
- Specialized
1
9.9
A band of cells in a stem or root that moves water and nutrients sideways
- Specialized
1
9.2
A large flat sea animal with wing-like fins and a pointed nose found along the east coast of North America
- Archaic
1
8.2
An electronic device that shows changing electrical signals as lines on a screen using a tube
- Specialized
A lamp that gives strong ultraviolet light for medical or beauty treatments
- Specialized
A thin layer of cells in a plant stem that moves water and food sideways
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ray meaning to spread outward also links to Latin radius 'spoke', because things that ray out move like the spokes of a wheel from a center, so they reach out in lines from a point.