Ray and Shadow

Ray

Ray noun - A very small amount.

Usage example: the tapping sound ceased, extinguishing the last ray of hope that the trapped miners were still alive

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Shadow and ray are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shadow" instead a noun "Ray".

Nearby Words: rayed, raying, raye

Shadow noun - A very small amount.

Usage example: not even a shadow of a doubt about the defendant's guilt

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Ray and shadow are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ray" instead a noun "Shadow".

Nearby Words: shade, shady, shadowy, shadowed, shadowing

old	old ray	old shadow
normal	normal ray	normal shadow
original	original ray	original shadow
single	single ray	single shadow
Other adjectives: powerful, actual, real, massive, large, great, enormous, huge, evil, cold, broken, yellow, mysterious, gigantic, flying, last, different, literal, giant, magical.

Shadow Discretion Shot: Schadenfreude pulling out the shrink ray, also Jaclyn shifting into her true form.

Source: Western Animation / Igor
His ploy of swallowing cotton wool so that it shows up as a shadow on his lungs in his chest X-ray is also recognised straight away, and he passes his medical with flying colours.

Source: Series / Get Some In!
The Thing from Fantastic Four is usually in the shadow of Reed Richards brain-wise, but has been shown to be perfectly capable of cobbling together a cosmic ray projector when called upon.

Source: Genius Bruiser / Comic Books

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