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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.
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.
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spray1 (spreɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| 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 | |
| spray2 (spreɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a single slender shoot, twig, or branch that bears buds, leaves, flowers, or berries, either growing on or detached from a plant |
| 2. | a small decorative bouquet or corsage of flowers and foliage |
| 3. | a piece of jewellery designed to resemble a spray of flowers, leaves, etc |
| [C13: of Germanic origin; compare Old English sprǣc young shoot, Old Norse sprek brittle wood, Old High German sprahhula splinter] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
spray
"sprinkle liquid in drops," 1527, from M.Du. sprayen, from P.Gmc. *spræwjanan (cf. Ger. sprühen "to sparkle, drizzle," Spreu "chaff," lit. "that which flies about"), from PIE base *sper- "to sow, scatter" (see sprout). The noun is attested from 1621. Spray-painting
is from 1902; spray-paint (v.) is from 1928.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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