spray

1. (transitive)To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

   The firemen sprayed the house.

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

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   распыля́тьraspyljátʹ, распыли́тьraspylítʹ, разбры́згиватьrazbrýzgivatʹ

2. (ergative)To project in a dispersive manner.

   Spray some ointment on that scratch.

   The water sprayed out of the hose.

3. (figuratively, transitive)To project many small items dispersively.

4. (intransitive)To urinate in order to mark territory.

5. (transitive)To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.

   to spray the heap of a target process

6. (transitive)To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance.

7. (transitive)To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction.

8. (derogatory, slang)To give unwanted advice.

9. (Nigeria)To shower guests dancing at a function with money.

1. They are spraying the fruit trees.

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2. Don't forget to bring bug spray.

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3. Tom got sprayed by a skunk.

   ruТома обрызгал скунс. — Wezel

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4. Do you have any bug spray?

   deHast du Insektenspray? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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5. Tom spray painted his bicycle red.

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