to ray
2
8.2
- verb
- /reɪ/
- He strained his eyes into focus; it was an effort, a challenge, to clarify those leaves, those five-rayed flowers of benign color.
Examples
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She drew on her blotting paper: a dot with strokes raying out around it.
Academic text (2017) -
The artist decided to ray the canvas with bright colors radiating from the center.
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For the project, the students ray the shields with lines that spread out from the center.
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The designer chose to ray the ceiling with subtle patterns that expanded outward.
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 Decorated
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ray meaning to mark or decorate with radiating lines comes from Latin radius 'spoke', so to ray something is to cover it with lines that 'radiate' from the center, like a sunburst.