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Noun: spray  sprey
  1. Water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall
     
  2. A jet of vapour
     
  3. A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
    - atomizer, atomiser [Brit], sprayer, nebulizer, nebuliser [Brit]
     
  4. A pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
     
  5. A quantity of small objects flying through the air
    "a spray of bullets";
    - spraying
     
  6. Flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage
Verb: spray  sprey
  1. Scatter in a mass or jet of droplets
    "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
     
  2. Cover by spraying with a liquid
    "spray the wall with paint"
     
  3. Be discharged in sprays of liquid
    "Water sprayed all over the floor"

Derived forms: sprays, spraying, sprayed

Type of: cover, dispenser, disperse, dot, dust, floral arrangement, flower arrangement, jet, pesticide, scatter, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, spirt, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, water vapor [US], water vapour [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Spray, Or