Spray | Mean of spray in English Dictionary

/ˈspreɪ/

• Noun
• liquid that is forced out of a container in a stream of very small drops
1. The paint was applied in a fine spray.
• a liquid substance that is used or applied by being forced out of a container in a stream of very small drops
1. A nasal/nose spray should help you breathe better.
2. Hand me the bug spray.
3. a can of hair spray
• the act of putting a liquid on something in a stream of small drops
1. Give your hair one more spray to be sure it stays in place.
2. a quick spray of perfume

• very small drops of water moving through the air
1. sea spray
• a stream of liquid in the form of very small drops
1. a spray of water/blood
2. The car splashed a spray of mud on me.
3. a spray of bullets [=a number of bullets that are shot quickly]
4. A spray of gravel hit the car.
• Verb
• to put a stream of small drops of liquid on (someone or something)
1. She sprayed herself with perfume.
2. I sprayed the plants (with a pesticide).
3. The crops are sprayed monthly.
4. We were sprayed by water from the crashing waves.
• to put (something) on a surface or into the air using a special container that produces a stream of small drops of liquid
1. The boys sprayed graffiti on the wall.
2. He sprayed the paint evenly over the surface.
3. She sprayed some perfume into the air.
• to flow out in a stream of very small drops
1. The soda sprayed from the bottle.
2. The blood sprayed onto the wall.
• to shoot many bullets at someone or something
1. The gunmen sprayed the house with bullets. = The gunmen sprayed bullets into the house.
2. They sprayed the crowd with bullets.
• to wet something (such as a bush) with urine
1. Cats may spray to mark their territory.
• to wet (an animal or person) with a liquid that has a very bad smell
1. He was sprayed by a skunk.
2. The skunk sprayed the dog.
• Noun
• a branch of a plant that usually has flowers and is used as a decoration
1. a spray [=sprig] of apple blossoms
• an attractive arrangement of flowers
1. a spray of roses