spray

Pronunciation

• IPA: /spɹeɪ/

Noun

spray (countable and uncountable, plural sprays)

1. A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
   • The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.
2. (figuratively) Something resembling a spray of liquid.
3. (countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.
   • Synonym: spray can
4. (countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
   • Synonym: spray can
5. (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.
6. (metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
7. (metalworking, countable) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
8. (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.
9. (Australia) A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure.

Verb

spray (third-person singular simple present sprays, present participle spraying, simple past and past participle sprayed)

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.
2. (ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.
   • Spray some ointment on that scratch.
   • The water sprayed out of the hose.
3. (transitive, figurative) To project many small items dispersively.
4. (intransitive, zoology) To urinate in order to mark territory.
5. (transitive, computing, computer security) 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, soccer) To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance.
7. (transitive, Australian rules football) To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction.
8. (climbing, slang, derogatory) To give unwanted advice.

Noun

spray (countable and uncountable, plural sprays)

1. (countable) A small branch of flowers or berries.
   • The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley.
2. (countable) A collective body of small branches.
   • The tree has a beautiful spray.
3. (uncountable) Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.
4. (countable, obsolete) An orchard.
5. (countable) An ornament or design that resembles a branch.

Anagrams

• Prays, Sarpy, prays, raspy, spary

Pronunciation

• IPA: /spreː/
• Hyphenation: spray

Noun

spray m (plural sprays)

1. spray (liquid commercial product sold in a spray container)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsprei̯/, [ˈs̠pre̞i̯]
• Syllabification: spray

Noun

spray

1. spray (device for spraying)

Noun

spray m (plural sprays)

1. spray can

Alternative forms

• spré, szpré

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈspreː], [ˈspreːj], [ˈʃpreː], [ˈʃpreːj]
• Hyphenation: spray

Noun

spray (plural spray-k)

1. spray (commercial product dispensed from a container)

Alternative forms

• spraye

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sprɛi̯/

Noun

spray (plural sprayes)

1. branch, shoot, or twig of a tree

Noun

spray m (definite singular sprayen, indefinite plural sprayer, definite plural sprayene)

1. spray

Verb

spray

1. imperative of spraye

Noun

spray m (definite singular sprayen, indefinite plural sprayar, definite plural sprayane)

1. spray

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sprɛj/
• Syllabification: spray

Noun

spray m inan

1. aerosol spray (liquid commercial product sold in a spray container)

Noun

spray m (plural sprays)

1. spray; atomizer (pressurised container with a nozzle that lets out a spray)
   • Synonyms: borrifador, atomizador, (Brazil) esprei, aerossol, pulverizador
2. spray (fine, gentle, disperse mist of liquid)
   • Synonyms: borrifo, (Brazil) esprei

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sprej/
• IPA: /ʃprej/ – folk common incorrect pronunciation.
• Hyphenation: spray

Noun

spray n (plural sprayuri)

1. spray

Noun

spray m (plural sprays or spray)

1. Alternative form of espray

Alternative forms

• sprej

Noun

spray c

1. spray (especially when sprayed from a spray can or spray bottle or the like)