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Noun: spraying  sprey-ing
  1. The dispersion of fungicides, insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
    - crop-dusting
     
  2. A quantity of small objects flying through the air
    "a spraying of bullets";
    - spray
     
  3. The application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer
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: sprayings

Type of: application, coating, cover, covering, diffusion, dispersal, disperse, dispersion, dissemination, dot, dust, scatter, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, sprinkle

Encyclopedia: Spraying

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