Spray Definition

sprā

sprayed, spraying, sprays

noun

sprays

A cloud or mist of fine liquid particles, as of water from breaking waves.

Webster's New World

A jet of fine liquid particles, or mist, as from an atomizer or spray gun.

Webster's New World

A device for shooting out such a jet.

Webster's New World

Something likened to a spray of liquid particles.

A spray of bullets.

Webster's New World

Any liquid for spraying from such a device.

Webster's New World

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verb

sprayed, spraying, sprays

To disperse (a liquid, for example) in a mass or jet of droplets, particles, or small pieces.

American Heritage

To shoot out a spray.

Webster's New World

To direct a spray of onto something.

Webster's New World

To direct a spray onto; treat with or subject to a spray.

Webster's New World

To be shot out as a spray.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Spray

Singular:

spray

Plural:

sprays

From Middle Dutch sprāien, sprayen, spraeyen (“to spray, sprinkle, spread”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sprēwijaną (“to spray, sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to sow, scatter”). Cognate with Middle High German spræjen, spræwen (“to squirt, spray, dust, splash, straw”), Danish dialectal språe (“to open up, burst forth”), Swedish dialectal språ (“to sprout, shoot forth, burst”), Norwegian dialectal spra, spræ (“to splash, splatter, spout, burst forth”), Dutch sproeien (“to spray, sprinkle”), German sprühen (“to spray, sparkle”).

From Wiktionary
From obsolete spray to sprinkle from Middle Dutch sprayen

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old English spræg

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition