Rays meaning : A beam of light or radiation. A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin. One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran. A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen. A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point. A tiny amount. To emit something as if in rays. To radiate as if in rays. A marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail. To arrange. To dress, array (someone). To stain or soil; to defile. The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand. A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.