rayed

[ reyd ]

adjective

1. having or represented as having emanating rays; ray; radiate:

   The saint was painted with a rayed, beatific face.

2. having zoological or botanical rays ray (often used in combination):

   a five-rayed fin.

Other Words From

• un·rayed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rayed¹

First recorded in 1740–50; ray ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

After some prodding, Pfeifer agreed to have his leg X-rayed.

From Washington Post

The body was X-rayed and CT-scanned, along with the bishop's clothing, various artifacts, and plant and insect remains.

From Ars Technica

After the continuing pain forced me to seek treatment this time, however, I learned that there are important reasons to have your toe X-rayed.

From Washington Post

Well, back when we started to get x-rays, doctors x-rayed the backs of people who came in with back pain.

From The Daily Beast

Bodies were photographed, x-rayed, looked at by a dentist, and handed down the line.

From The Daily Beast

François Pinault, at the opening of the Palazzo Grassi two years ago, exhibited his own skull X-rayed by Piotr Uklanski.

From The Daily Beast

The white beam of light rayed out from a thick grove of shrubs and small trees on the other side of the big yard.

From Project Gutenberg

"The first one at the hatch will probably be shot or rayed," grumbled Shanklin.

From Project Gutenberg

The three-rayed design appears to have gained the victory over the others, and came into commoner use.

From Project Gutenberg

Possibilities that I had never imagined rayed out from my recumbent body as from the hub of a vast wheel.

From Project Gutenberg

Skeleton consisting of spicules of carbonate of lime in the form of needles and three-or four-rayed stars.

From Project Gutenberg