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spray¹
- /spɹeɪ/
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch sprāien, sprayen, spraeyen (“to spray, sprinkle, spread”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sprēwijaną (“to spray, sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“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”).
noun sprays
- A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid. The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.
- Something resembling a spray of liquid. Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
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A pressurized container; an atomizer.
Similar: spray can
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Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
Similar: spray can
- 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.
- A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
- A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
- 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. This approach would be altered for an optimal omelette based exploit. One would spray the heap with the omelette code solely, then load a single copy of the additional shellcode eggs into memory outside the target region for the spray.
- A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure. On match days he could give a good spray, and in many ways he was an old-fashioned coach, having learned a lot of his approach from Ron Barassi.
verb sprays · spraying · sprayed
- To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something. The firemen sprayed the house.
- To project in a dispersive manner. Spray some ointment on that scratch.
- To project many small items dispersively. The sprawl of sheds like Magna Parks 1 to 3 are a particularly vivid measure, because they host the final moment of relative stasis for millions of products that are then sprayed out to homes in every direction.
- To urinate in order to mark territory.
- 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
- To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance. Kevin McLeod sprayed the ball across from the left flank where a raging Ainsworth met it on the volley from 25 yards out, crashing the ball into the roof of the net.
- To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction. Despite a goal to Vin Gardiner for Carlton, courtesy of an infringement, the Blues squandered many opportunities in attack. They sprayed the ball with their field kicking, and in their path toward goal.
- To give unwanted advice.
- To shower guests dancing at a function with money. “If a celebrator is dancing and you spray him/her, you may go to jail from the party venue because the law enforcement agents will be there, waiting to arrest you.
spray²
- /spɹeɪ/
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle English spray, from Old English *spræġ, sprei (found in place names such as that of Spreyton, England), of unknown origin. Compare English sprig (“shoot, twig”).
noun sprays
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A small branch of flowers or berries.
The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley.
Similar: sprig
- A collective body of small branches. The tree has a beautiful spray.
- Branches and twigs collectively; foliage. Gret fur he made þer aniȝt of wode & of sprai.
- An orchard.
- An ornament or design that resembles a branch.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: atomiser, sprayer, atomizer, sprinkler, droplet, dew, vaporize, wetting, dried, aerosol, sprinkling, vaporization, atomization, mist, pour, vaporizer
Translations
Every language
noun fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid
| Español | spray, aerosol, difusión, esprey |
|---|---|
| Português | borrifo, spray, esprei |
| Français | embrun, gouttelette |
| Deutsch | Spray, Sprühnebel |
| Ελληνικά | ψιχάλες psicháles, ψεκασμός psekasmós |
| Русский | водяна́я пыль vodjanája pylʹ, бры́зги brýzgi |
noun pressurized container
| Español | spray, espray, aerosol, esprey |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스프레이 seupeurei |
| 日本語 | スプレー supurē |
| 中文 | 噴霧器 /喷雾器 pēnwùqì |
| Português | spray, esprei |
| Français | pulvérisateur, vaporisateur |
| Русский | пульвериза́тор pulʹverizátor, распыли́тель raspylítelʹ, опры́скиватель oprýskivatelʹ, спрей sprɛj, разбры́згиватель razbrýzgivatelʹ, бры́згалка brýzgalka |
noun commercial product
| Español | spray, espray, bote de spray, esprey |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | スプレー supurē |
| Português | spray, esprei |
| Français | pulvérisation |
| Deutsch | Spray |
| Русский | спрей sprɛj |
noun small branch of flowers or berries
| Español | ramito |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 小枝 koeda |
| Português | raminho |
| Français | rameau, branchette, gerbe |
| Deutsch | Reisig, Blütenstand |
| Ελληνικά | κλωνάρι klonári |
| Русский | побе́г pobég, бутонье́рка butonʹjérka |
verb to project a liquid in a disperse manner
| Español | rociar, pulverizar, atomizar, asperjar, espreyar, asperger |
|---|---|
| Português | borrifar |
| Français | pulvériser, vaporiser, asperger |
| Deutsch | versprühen, zerstäuben |
| Italiano | polverizzare |
| Ελληνικά | ψεκάζω psekázo, ραντίζω rantízo |
| Русский | распыля́ть raspyljátʹ, распыли́ть raspylítʹ, разбры́згивать razbrýzgivatʹ, разбры́згать razbrýzgatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | phun, xịt |
verb to project many small items dispersively
| Français | pulvériser |
|---|
noun small branch of flowers or berries
| 中文 | 花枝 huāzhī |
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