Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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ray | Yes | No | Yes | No |
process | Yes | No | Yes | No |
ray (noun) | process (noun) |
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cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins | a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states |
any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result |
the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
a column of light (as from a beacon) | (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents |
a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation | a mental process that you are not directly aware of |
a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence | a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant |
(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point |
ray (verb) | process (verb) |
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expose to radiation | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition |
extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center | perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information |
emit as rays | deliver a warrant or summons to someone |
shape, form, or improve a material | |
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | |
deal with in a routine way | |
march in a procession |