Collocations for ray - noun

powerful | bright | harmful | dying, last
the dying rays of a winter sun

cathode, cosmic, gamma, heat, infrared, light, ultraviolet, X- | the moon''s, the sun''s

emit, give off, send out
gamma rays given off by plutonium

expose sb/sth to | block, filter out, protect/shield sb/sth from
creams which filter out the sun''s harmful ultraviolet rays

bend, catch, deflect, reflect
Her brooch caught the rays of the setting sun.

filter through sth, pass through sth, penetrate sth, travel
the moon''s rays filtering through the trees

hit sth
When the sun''s rays hit the earth, a lot of heat is reflected back into space.

damage sth
Ultraviolet rays damage the skin.

in the ~s of
a stream sparkling in the rays of the June sun

a ray of light/sunlight/sunshine, the rays of the sun