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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 10. | to scatter spray; discharge a spray: The hose sprayed over the flowers. |
| 11. | to issue as spray: The water sprayed from the hose. |
| spray 1 (sprā) n.
v. tr.
[From obsolete spray, to sprinkle, from Middle Dutch sprayen.] spray'er n. |
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.
