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1   [sprey]
noun
1.
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
2.
a jet of fine particles of liquid, as medicine, insecticide, paint, perfume, etc., discharged from an atomizer or other device for direct application to a surface.
3.
a liquid to be discharged or applied in such a jet.
4.
an apparatus or device for discharging such a liquid.
5.
a quantity of small objects, flying or discharged through the air: a spray of shattered glass.
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verb (used with object)
6.
to scatter in the form of fine particles.
7.
to apply as a spray: to spray an insecticide on plants.
8.
to sprinkle or treat with a spray: to spray plants with insecticide.
9.
to direct a spray of particles, missiles, etc., upon: to spray the mob with tear gas.

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verb (used without object)
10.
to scatter spray; discharge a spray: The hose sprayed over the flowers.
11.
to issue as spray: The water sprayed from the hose.
Origin:
1615–25; < earlier Dutch spraeyen; cognate with Middle High German spræjen

Related forms
spray·a·ble, adjective
spray·a·bil·i·ty, noun
spray·er, noun
spray·less, adjective
spray·like, adjective
EXPAND
un·spray·a·ble, adjective
un·sprayed, adjective
well-sprayed, adjective
COLLAPSE
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spray1 (spreɪ)
 
—n
1.  fine particles of a liquid
2.  a.  a liquid, such as perfume, paint, etc, designed to be discharged from an aerosol or atomizer: hair spray
 b.  the aerosol or atomizer itself
3.  a quantity of small objects flying through the air: a spray of bullets
 
—vb
4.  to scatter (liquid) in the form of fine particles
5.  to discharge (a liquid) from an aerosol or atomizer
6.  (tr) to treat or bombard with a spray: to spray the lawn
 
[C17: from Middle Dutch sprāien; related to Middle High German spræjen]
 
'sprayer1
 
—n

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spray
"small branch," c.1300, possibly related to O.E. spræc "shoot, twig" (see sprig).
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spray (sprā)
n.
A fine jet of liquid discharged from a pressurized container. v. sprayed, spray·ing, sprays
To disperse a liquid in a jet of droplets.

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