Dictionary Definition
spray
Noun
1 a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended
for spraying
2 a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as
perfume) into a fine spray [syn: atomizer, atomiser, sprayer]
3 a quantity of small objects flying through the
air; "a spray of bullets" [syn: spraying]
4 flower arrangement consisting of a single
branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage
5 water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown
from waves or thrown up by a waterfall
6 a jet of vapor
Verb
1 be discharged in sprays of liquid; "Water
sprayed all over the floor"
2 scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray
water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
3 cover by spraying with a liquid; "spray the
wall with paint"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A fine, gentle, disperse mist of liquid.
- The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.
- A small branch of flowers or berries.
- The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley.
Translations
A fine, gentle, disperse mist of liquid
- Finnish: sumu
A small branch of flowers or berries
- Japanese: 小枝 (koeda)
Verb
- To project a liquid in a disperse manner.
- The firemen sprayed the house.
- Using a water cannon, the national guard sprayed the protesters.
- Spray some ointment on that scratch.
- Using a water cannon, the national guard sprayed the protesters.
- The firemen sprayed the house.
Translations
To project a liquid in a disperse manner
- Finnish: suihkuttaa, sumuttaa
Extensive Definition
Spray can refer to:
- A dynamic collection of liquid drops and the entrained surrounding gas: see Aerosol spray,sprinkler, atomizer, spray nozzle, sprayer
- spray (mathematics)
- Spray (band), a British synthpop band
- a former mill town in Rockingham County, NC, now part of Eden.
- Spray (sailing vessel), the ship used in Joshua Slocum's solo circumnavigation in the late 1800s.
See also
spray in Danish: Spray
spray in German: Spray
spray in Dutch: Spray
spray in Swedish: Spray
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aerate,
aerify, aerosol, antiaircraft barrage,
appendage, arm, asperge, aspergil, aspergillum, atomize, atomizer, barrage, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, bine, bough, boughpot, bouquet, boutonniere, bowshot, box barrage, branch, branchedness, branchiness, breakers, broadside, bullet, burgeon, burst, buttonhole, cannon, cannonade, cannonry, carbonate, censer, chaplet, chlorinate, clyster, collar, concentrate sprayer,
corsage, creeping
barrage, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, deadwood, detonation, dew, diffuse, discharge, disperse, distill, douche, drizzle, drumfire, ejection, emergency barrage,
emit, enema, enfilade, etherify, etherize, evaporate, evaporator, exhale, festoon, flagellum, flower arrangement,
fluidize, flush, foam, font, fork, fount, fountain, fountain syringe,
fractionate,
frond, froth, fume, fumigate, fumigator, fusillade, garland, gasify, geyser, give off, gun, gunfire, gunshot, gush, hand, head, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, hydrogenate, imp, incense burner, incensory, irrigate, jet, joint, lather, leg, lei, limb, link, lobe, lobule, member, meringue, mist, mist concentrate sprayer,
moisten, mortar barrage,
mousse, needle bath,
normal barrage, nosegay,
nozzle, odorator, odorizer, offscum, offshoot, organ, oxygenate, paddle, parfumoir, perfume, perfumer, pinion, plash, play, pomander, posy, potpourri, potshot, pouncet-box, puff, purse atomizer, ramage, ramification, reek, retort, runner, rush, sachet, salvo, sarment, scatter, scent bag, scent ball,
scent bottle, scent box, scenter, scion, scud, scum, sea foam, send out, shoot, shot, shower, shower bath, shower head,
slip, slobber, slop, slosh, smelling bottle, smoke, soapsuds, souffle, sparge, sparger, spatter, spear, spew, spindrift, spit, splash, splatter, sponge, spoondrift, spout, spouter, spray can, sprayer, spread, sprig, sprinkle, sprinkler, sprinkler head,
sprinkling,
sprinkling system, sprit,
spritz, sprout, spume, spur, spurt, spurtle, squirt, standing barrage,
steam, still, stinging, stolon, stoneshot, sublimate, sublime, sucker, suds, surf, surge, swash, switch, syringe, tail, tattoo, tendril, thallus, thurible, twig, vaporize, vaporizer, vinaigrette, volatilize, volley, vomit, vomit forth, vomit out,
water, watercart, watering can,
watering pot, well,
wet, wet down, white water,
wing, wreath