Spray

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Water or other liquid moving in a mass of dispersed droplets, as from a wave.
  • n. A fine jet of liquid discharged from a pressurized container.
  • n. A pressurized container; an atomizer.
  • n. Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
  • v. To disperse (a liquid) in a mass or jet of droplets.
  • v. To apply a spray to (a surface).
  • verb-intransitive. To discharge sprays of liquid.
  • verb-intransitive. To move in the form of a spray.
  • n. A small branch bearing buds, flowers, or berries.
  • n. Something, such as a decorative motif, that resembles such a branch.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fine, gentle, disperse mist of liquid.
  • n. A small branch of flowers or berries.
  • n. A pressurized container; an atomizer.
  • n. Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
  • v. To project a liquid in a dispersive manner.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small shoot or branch; a twig.
  • n. A collective body of small branches, or cut flowers with long stems.
  • n.
  • n. A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.
  • n. A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
  • n. 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.
  • n.
  • n. 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.
  • n. An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.
  • v. To let fall in the form of spray.
  • v. To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A branch of a tree with its branchlets, especially when slender and graceful; also, twigs, or such branches collectively; a stem of flowers or leaves; a sprig.
  • n. An orchard; a grove.
  • n. A binding-stick for thatching.
  • n. Any ornament, pattern, or design in the form of a branch or sprig: as, a spray of diamonds; an embroidered spray.
  • n. Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall; water or other liquid broken up into small particles and driven (as by an atomizer) along by a current of air or other gas. Winds raise some of the salt with the spray.
  • To throw in the form of spray; let fall as spray; scatter in minute drops or particles.
  • To sprinkle with fine drops; dampen by means of spray, as of perfume, or of some adhesive liquid used to preserve drawings and the like.
  • To discharge or scatter a liquid in the form of spray: as, the instrument will either spout or spray.
  • n. A set of castings fed from a common runner, to which they are still attached by the smaller channels or sprues, and resembling a branch with twigs and leaves.
  • To protect (cultivated plants) from insect enemies and vegetable parasites by covering them with a spray which has a toxic effect, upon the animal or vegetable organisms.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cover by spraying with a liquid
  • v. be discharged in sprays of liquid
  • n. a jet of vapor
  • n. water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall
  • n. a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
  • n. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
  • n. a quantity of small objects flying through the air
  • n. flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage
  • v. scatter in a mass or jet of droplets
  • Verb Form
    sprayed    spraying    sprays   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cover    scatter    sprinkle    dust    dot    disperse    spirt    spurt    jet    squirt   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sprig    twig    atomizer    mist    scud    foam    spume    spindrift    drizzle    scatter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    A    A.    Bay    Bombay    Bua    Ca    Cabernet    Calais    Cathay    Chevrolet   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rain    mist    shower    foam    smoke    smell    steam    patch    wave    snow