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1. (n.) spray
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
2. spray
a jet of fine particles of liquid discharged from an atomizer or other device.
3. spray
a liquid to be discharged or applied in such a jet.
4. spray
an apparatus or device for discharging such a liquid.
5. spray
a quantity of small objects, flying or discharged through the air:
a spray of shattered glass.
6. (v.t.) spray
to scatter in the form of fine particles.
7. spray
to apply or direct in a spray.
8. spray
to sprinkle or treat with a spray.
9. (v.i.) spray
to scatter or discharge a spray.
10. spray
to issue forth in a spray.
11. (n.) spray
a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
12. spray
an arrangement of cut flowers or branches.
13. spray
an ornament resembling a spray of flowers.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME, appar. continuing OE
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1. (noun) spray
a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
2. (noun) spray, spraying
a quantity of small objects flying through the air
"a spray of bullets"
3. (noun) spray
flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage
4. (noun) atomizer, atomiser, spray, sprayer, nebulizer, nebuliser
a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
5. (noun) spray
water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall
6. (verb) spray
a jet of vapor
7. (verb) spray
be discharged in sprays of liquid
"Water sprayed all over the floor"
8. (verb) spray
scatter in a mass or jet of droplets
"spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
9. (verb) spray
cover by spraying with a liquid
"spray the wall with paint"
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1. (verb) spray
to force liquid out of sth to cover an area, or to cover an area in this way
Water sprayed from the hose.; Spray the furniture with the polish.; Spray the polish on the furniture.
2. (noun) spray
a liquid substance forced out of a container in tiny drops
bug spray; The sunscreen is a spray.
3. spray
many small drops of liquid that are forced through the air
spray from a passing boat
4. spray
an act of spraying
a spray of perfume
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1. (noun) spray
a small shoot or branch; a twig
2. (noun) spray
a collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray
3. (noun) spray
a side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold
4. (noun) spray
a group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches
5. (verb) spray
water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like
6. (verb) spray
a jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer
7. (verb) spray
an instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer
8. (verb) spray
to let fall in the form of spray
9. (verb) spray
to throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid
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Sense: a fine mist of small flying drops (of water etc) such as that given out by a waterfall
The perfume came out of the bottle in a fine spray.
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 Afrikaans: sproei |
 Arabic: رُشوش |
 Bulgarian: капчици |
 Brazilian: jato |
 Czech: sprška |
 German: der Sprühregen |
 Danish: støvregn; spray |
 Greek: σπρέι |
 Estonian: pritse, pihu |
 Farsi: گرده آب |
 Finnish: suihke |
 French: (nuage de) gouttelettes; |
 Hebrew: רְסִיסִים |
 Hindi: फुहार |
 Croatian: vodena prašina |
 Hungarian: permet |
 Indonesian: kabut |
 Icelandic: úði |
 Italian: spray, spruzzo, (getto va |
 Japanese: スプレー |
 Korean: (물 등의) 안개 |
 Lithuanian: purslai |
 Latvian: (ūdens u.tml.) puteklīši |
 Malay: semburan |
 Dutch: wolkje |
 Norwegian: duskregn, spray |
 Polish: mgiełka |
 Portuguese: jacto |
 Romanian: stropi; lichid pulverizat |
 Russian: брызги; спрей |
 Slovak: spŕška |
 Slovenian: pršenje |
 Serbian: sprej |
 Swedish: dusch, skur |
 Thai: ละอองน้ำ |
 Turkish: sprey |
 Taiwanese: 水霧，水沫 |
 Ukrainian: водяний пил; бризки |
 Urdu: پھوہار |
 Vietnamese: bụi nước |
 Chinese: 水雾，水沫 |
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