The noun ray has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (12) beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation -- (a column of light (as from a beacon))
2. (1) ray -- (a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence)
3. ray -- ((mathematics) a straight line extending from a point)
4. beam, ray, electron beam -- (a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation)
5. re, ray -- (the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization)
6. ray -- (any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish)
7. ray -- (cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins)
Overview of verb ray
The verb ray has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ray -- (emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky")
2. radiate, ray -- (extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiates spines in all directions")
3. irradiate, ray -- (expose to radiation; "irradiate food")