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rayo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Blitzen name The eighth and last of Santa Claus's reindeer in traditional Christmas lore.
  • bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  • lightning adj Extremely fast, as if moving at the speed of an electrical flash in the sky.
  • ray noun A narrow beam of light or other radiation.
  • shaft noun A long, narrow, straight part of a tool, weapon, or machine — such as a handle, pole, or rotating rod that transmits power.
  • spoke noun One of the thin rods that run from the hub of a wheel out to its rim.
  • thunderbolt noun A flash of lightning together with the crash of thunder that comes with it.

Senses

rayo is used for these senses in English:

  • Blitzen The eighth and last reindeer of Santa Claus.
  • bolt A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
  • ray (botany) 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.
  • ray (mathematics) A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
  • shaft (literary) A beam or ray of light.
  • spoke A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
  • thunderbolt A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.

bolt — full definition

  1. noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  2. noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
  3. noun A flash of lightning.
  4. verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
  5. verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.

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