spray
A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquidA fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
» They are spraying the fruit trees.
Meaning
14 senses(countable, uncountable)A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.
Spray, Sprühnebel
водяна́я пыльvodjanája pylʹ, бры́згиbrýzgi
a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something resembling a spray of liquid.
(countable)A pressurized container; an atomizer.
пульвериза́торpulʹverizátor, распыли́тельraspylítelʹ, опры́скивательoprýskivatelʹ
(countable)Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
Spray
спрейsprɛj
(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.
(countable)A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
Reisig, Blütenstand
побе́гpobég, бутонье́ркаbutonʹjérka
(countable)A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
(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.
(Australia, countable, uncountable)A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure.
(countable)A small branch of flowers or berries.
The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley.
flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage
(countable)A collective body of small branches.
The tree has a beautiful spray.
(uncountable)Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.
Examples
148 sentencesThey are spraying the fruit trees.
Don't forget to bring bug spray.
Tom got sprayed by a skunk.
ruТома обрызгал скунс.
Do you have any bug spray?
deHast du Insektenspray?
Tom spray painted his bicycle red.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle Dutch sprāien, sprayen, spraeyen (“to spray, sprinkle, spread”), ultimately frFrom Middle Dutch sprāien, sprayen, spraeyen (“to spray, sprinkle, spread”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sprēwijaną (“to spray, sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to sow, scatter”).
From Middle English spray, from Old English *spræġ, sprei (found in place names such as that of Spreyton, England), of unknown origin. Compare English sprig (“shoot, twig”).
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Forms
plural: spraysSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
56 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable