spray

  • 41spray */ — I UK [spreɪ] / US verb Word forms spray : present tense I/you/we/they spray he/she/it sprays present participle spraying past tense sprayed past participle sprayed 1) [intransitive/transitive] if you spray a liquid, or if it sprays, it is forced… …

    English dictionary

  • 42spray — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 drops of liquid ADJECTIVE ▪ fine, light ▪ salt, sea … OF SPRAY ▪ cloud, plume …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 43spray — spray1 [ spreı ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive if you spray a liquid, or it sprays, it is forced out of a container through an opening into the air: The fountain s cool water sprayed upward with a pleasant hiss. Mansell stood on the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 44spray — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English *spræg, spræc Date: 13th century 1. a usually flowering branch or shoot 2. a decorative flat arrangement of flowers and foliage (as on a coffin) 3. something (as a jeweled pin) resembling a… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45spray — spray1 sprayable, adj. sprayability, n. sprayer, n. sprayless, adj. spraylike, adj. /spray/, n. 1. water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air. 2. a jet of fine particles of liquid, as… …

    Universalium

  • 46Spray — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Spray (homonymie). Spray Photo de 1898 Gréemen …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 47spray — 1 verb 1 (T) to make a stream of small drops of liquid come out of a small tube or several small holes: spray sb with sth: She sprayed herself with perfume. | spray sth on/over sth: Vandals had sprayed graffiti on the walls. | spray crops/plants… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48spray — I. /spreɪ / (say spray) noun 1. water or other liquid broken up into small particles and blown or falling through the air. 2. a jet of fine particles of liquid discharged from an atomiser or other appliance, as for medicinal treatment, etc. 3. a… …

  • 49spray — 01. The government has okayed a plan to [spray] pesticides over the entire city in an attempt to kill malaria carrying mosquitoes. 02. There was a hole in the hose, and the water [sprayed] out all over me. 03. The children [sprayed] each other… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 50spray — I [[t]spreɪ[/t]] n. 1) water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air 2) chem. pha a jet of fine particles of liquid discharged from an atomizer or other device 3) a liquid to be… …

    From formal English to slang