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{
"ray":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a beam of radiant energy (such as light) of small cross section":[],
": a branch or flower stalk of an umbel":[],
": a moral or intellectual light":[],
": a single particle of such a stream":[],
": a stream of material particles traveling in the same line (as in radioactive phenomena)":[],
": a thin line suggesting a ray: such as":[],
": any of a group of lines diverging from a common center":[],
": any of an order (Rajiformes) of usually marine cartilaginous fishes (such as stingrays and skates) having the body flattened dorsoventrally, the eyes on the upper surface, and enlarged pectoral fins fused with the head":[],
": any of the lines of light that appear to radiate from a bright object":[],
": half line":[],
": light cast by rays : radiance":[],
": medullary ray":[],
": one of the bony rods that extend and support the membrane in the fin of a fish":[],
": one of the radiating divisions of the body of a radiate animal (such as a starfish)":[],
": particle , trace":[
"a ray of hope"
],
": ray flower sense 1":[],
": to emit in rays":[],
": to extend like the radii of a circle : radiate":[],
": to furnish or mark with rays":[],
": to issue as rays":[],
": to shine in or as if in rays":[],
": vascular ray":[],
"John 1627\u20131705 English naturalist":[],
"Nicholas 1911\u20131979 born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle American film director":[],
"Satyajit 1921\u20131992 Indian film director, writer, and producer":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"klieg lights were raying against the nighttime sky at the Hollywood premiere",
"laugh wrinkles rayed out from the corners of the old man's eyes"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1598, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English raye , from Anglo-French raie , from Latin raia":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French rai , from Latin radius rod, ray":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b",
"\u02c8r\u0101"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beam",
"radiate",
"shine"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014729",
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rayless":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"the strange creatures that lurk in the rayless depths of the sea"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1727, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101-l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034307",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
}
}