Search results for 'spray':

spray¹ noun 1 a fine mist of small flying drops of liquid. 2 a liquid designed to be applied as a mist • hairspray. 3 a device for dispensing a liquid as a mist; an atomizer or aerosol. 4 a shower of small flying objects • a spray of pellets. verb (sprayed, spraying) 1 to squirt (a liquid) in the form of a mist. 2 to apply a liquid in the form of a spray to something • sprayed the car black. 3 to subject someone or something to a heavy burst • sprayed the car with bullets. 4 said of a male animal, eg a cat: to mark (territory) with urine.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Dutch sprayen.

spray² noun 1 a a small branch of a tree or plant which has delicate leaves and flowers growing on it; b any decoration that is an imitation of this. 2 a small bouquet of flowers.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c.