Noun

• S: (n) beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation (a column of light (as from a beacon))
• S: (n) ray (a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence)
• S: (n) ray ((mathematics) a straight line extending from a point)
• S: (n) beam, ray, electron beam (a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation)
• S: (n) re, ray (the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) ray (any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish)
• S: (n) ray (cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) elasmobranch, selachian (any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates)
• S: (n) cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian (fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified)
• S: (n) fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills) "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"
• S: (n) aquatic vertebrate (animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water)
• S: (n) vertebrate, craniate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)
• S: (n) chordate (any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column)
• S: (n) animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
• S: (n) organism, being (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
• S: (n) living thing, animate thing (a living (or once living) entity)
• S: (n) whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

Verb

• S: (v) ray (emit as rays) "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"
• S: (v) 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 radiate spines in all directions"
• S: (v) irradiate, ray (expose to radiation) "irradiate food"