noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ powerful
▪ blinding , bright , brilliant
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a blinding ~ of light
▪ golden
▪
They basked in sun's warm golden ~s.
▪ soft , warm
▪ burning , damaging , harmful
▪ dying , last
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the dying ~s of a winter sun
▪ cathode , cosmic , gamma , heat , infrared , light , ultraviolet (abbreviated to UV ) , etc.
▪
the invention of the cathode ~ tube
▪ the moon's , the sun's
VERB + RAY
▪ emit , give off , send out
▪
gamma ~s given off by plutonium
▪ cast , shine
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The moon cast pale ~s of light on the ground.
▪ expose sb/sth to
▪ block , filter out , protect sb/sth from , shield sb/sth from
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sunscreens which filter out harmful ultraviolet ~s
▪ absorb
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A car window absorbs almost all UVB ~s.
▪ bend , catch , deflect , reflect
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Her ring caught the ~s of the setting sun.
RAY + VERB
▪ filter through sth , pass through sth , penetrate sth , travel
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the moon's ~s filtering through the trees
▪ shine , shine down , shine on sth
▪
The last of the sun's ~s shone on the grass.
▪ hit sth , strike sth
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When the sun's ~s hit the earth, a lot of heat is reflected back into space.
▪ damage sth
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Ultraviolet ~s damage the skin.
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~s of
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a stream sparkling in the ~s of the June sun
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of light ( sometimes figurative ), a ~ of sunlight , a ~ of sunshine ( sometimes figurative )
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The one ~ of light in this whole affair is that justice has been done.
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A ~ of sunlight fell on the table.
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My nephew is a little ~ of sunshine.
▪ the ~s of the sun