Definition of Spray

1. Noun. A pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying.

Generic synonyms: Pesticide

2. Verb. Be discharged in sprays of liquid. "Water sprayed all over the floor"
Generic synonyms: Disperse, Dot, Dust, Scatter, Sprinkle

3. Noun. A quantity of small objects flying through the air. "A spray of bullets"

4. Verb. Scatter in a mass or jet of droplets. "Spray paint on the wall"
Specialized synonyms: Shower, Atomise, Atomize, Mist, Syringe
Generic synonyms: Disperse, Dot, Dust, Scatter, Sprinkle
Derivative terms: Sprayer, Spraying

5. Noun. Flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage.

6. Verb. Cover by spraying with a liquid. "They spray the bread with melted butter"; "Spray the wall with paint"
Generic synonyms: Cover
Derivative terms: Sprayer, Spraying

7. Noun. A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist.
Exact synonyms: Atomiser, Atomizer, Nebuliser, Nebulizer, Sprayer
Specialized synonyms: Airbrush
Generic synonyms: Dispenser
Derivative terms: Atomise, Atomise, Atomize, Atomize

8. Noun. Water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall.
Generic synonyms: Water Vapor, Water Vapour
Specialized synonyms: Sea Spray, Spindrift, Spoondrift

9. Noun. A jet of vapor.
Generic synonyms: Jet, Spirt, Spurt, Squirt

Definition of Spray

1. n. A small shoot or branch; a twig.

2. 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.

3. v. t. To let fall in the form of spray.

Definition of Spray

1. to disperse in fine particles [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Spray

1. A liquid minutely divided or nebulised as by a jet of air of steam. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spray

sprattled
sprattles
sprattling
sprauncy
sprawl
sprawl
sprawled
sprawler
sprawlers
sprawlier
sprawliest
sprawling
sprawls
sprawly
spray (current term)
spray (current term)
spray-dried
spray-dry
sprayed
sprayer
sprayers
sprayey
sprayier
sprayiest
spraying
sprays
spray can
spray gun
spray paint
spray painting

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