Spray

Quick meaning: Spray is a noun meaning A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.

Meaning

A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) Something resembling a spray of liquid.
2. (countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.
3. (metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
4. (metalworking, countable) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
5. (countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
6. (medicine, countable) A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
7. (computing, countable) The allocation and filling of blocks of memory with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.

Example Sentences

The firemen sprayed the house.

Spray some ointment on that scratch.

The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.

Using a water cannon, the national guard sprayed the protesters.

Word Forms

• sprays
• spraying
• sprayed

Synonyms for spray

Depending on context, synonyms include sprig, sprayer, spraying, atomizer, atomiser.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include atomiser, sprayer, atomizer, sprinkler, droplet, dew.

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