[reɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- each of the lines in which light (and heat) may seem to stream from the sun or any luminous body, or pass through a small opening
(e.g: a ray of sunlight came through the window)

- a straight line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point
(e.g: the ray that runs from the centre of the circle to the point of tangency)

- a thing that is arranged radially


Phrases:
- ray of sunshine

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French rai, based on Latin radius ‘spoke, ray’. The verb dates from the late 16th century

[reɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- spread from or as if from a central point
(e.g: delicate lines rayed out at each corner of her eyes)


Phrases:
- ray of sunshine

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French rai, based on Latin radius ‘spoke, ray’. The verb dates from the late 16th century

[reɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a broad flat marine or freshwater fish with a cartilaginous skeleton, winglike pectoral fins, and a long slender tail. Many rays have venomous spines or electric organs


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French raie, from Latin raia

[reɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in tonic sol-fa) the second note of a major scale


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English re, representing (as an arbitrary name for the note) the first syllable of resonare, taken from a Latin hymn (see solmization)