1. Water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall
   "The ocean spray cooled their faces as they walked along the beach"
    
2. A jet of vapour
   "A fine spray of water cooled the air"
    
3. A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
   "She tested the perfume spray on her wrist";
   - atomizer, atomiser [Brit], sprayer, nebulizer, nebuliser [Brit]
    
4. A pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
   "The farmer used an organic spray to protect his crops"
    
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
   "She placed a delicate spray of cherry blossoms in the vase"

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: spraying, sprays, sprayed

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

Encyclopedia: Spray, OR