Crossword-Solution: RAY
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ray | v. t. | To array. |
| Ray | v. t. | To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile. |
| Ray | n. | Array; order; arrangement; dress. |
| Ray | n. | One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays. |
| Ray | n. | A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius. |
| Ray | n. | One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes. |
| Ray | n. | One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran. |
| Ray | n. | A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray. |
| Ray | n. | One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light. |
| Ray | n. | Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen. |
| Ray | n. | One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray. |
| Ray | n. | To mark with long lines; to streak. |
| Ray | n. | To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles. |
| Ray | v. i. | To shine, as with rays. |
| Ray | n. | Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. |
| Ray | n. | In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| RAY | anagram | ARY, AYR, RYA, YAR, YRA |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
RAAE
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with RAY (5)
Thenceforth to Speculations high or deep I turnd my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considerd all things visible in Heav’n, Or Earth, or Middle, all things fair and good; But all that fair and good in thy Divine Semblance, and in thy Beauties heav’nly Ray United I beheld; no Fair to thine Equivalent or second, which compel’d Mee thus, though importune perhaps, to come And gaze, and worship thee of right declar’d Sovran of Creatures, universal Dame.
That’s the short of the story, ma’am.” “Ah-h!” No gem ever flashed from a rosy ray to a white one more rapidly than changed the young wife’s countenance whilst this word came from her in a long drawn breath.
The ray quivered to and fro, making her figure dim or distinct—now like a real child, now like a child’s spirit—as the splendour went and came again.
One or two adventurous souls, it was afterwards found, went into the darkness and crawled quite near the Martians; but they never returned, for now and again a light-ray, like the beam of a warship’s searchlight swept the common, and the Heat-Ray was ready to follow.
His name was Ray Kennedy, his age was thirty, and he was conductor on a freight train, his run being from Moonstone to Denver.
Quotes with RAY (3)
No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want. Here’s a short list of people who accomplished great things at different ages1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn’t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.2) Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.3) Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a mo…
Love all God’s creation, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. If thou love each thing thou wilt perceive the mystery of God in all; and when once thou perceive this, thou wilt thenceforward grow every day to a fuller understanding of it: until thou come at last to love the whole world with a love that will then be all-embracing and universal.
Here's a secret: Everyone, if they live long enough, will lose their way at some point. You will lose your way, you will wake up one morning and find yourself lost. This is a hard, simple truth. If it hasn't happened to you yet, consider yourself lucky. When it does, when one day you look around and nothing is recognizable, when you find yourself alone in a dark wood having lost the way, you may find it easier to blame it on someone else -- an errant lover, a missing father, …
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 736 times in crossword archives (1950–2025).