definition of the word ray

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Ray and Ray (fish)

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• enPR: rā, IPA: /reɪ/, SAMPA: /reI/
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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Via Middle English < Old French < Latin staff, stake, spoke

ray (plural rays)

1. A beam of light or radiation.

   I saw a ray of light through the clouds.

2. a marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.
3. A rib like reinforcing of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
4. (mathematics) a line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
5. (colloquial) a tiny amount.

   Unfortunately he didn't have a ray of hope.

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