spray
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2.2
- noun
- /spreɪ/
:
aerosol
- She bought a new insect spray to protect her garden from aphids.
- nasal spray
- aerosol spray
- spray paint
No, but she said that there's like a spray that numbs your throat.
- No, but she said that there's like a spray that numbs your throat.
- You the the spiders will drink the Hornet spray like it's Lacroix.
- Right now, we've used this setting spray to lock in the powder.
- Like it makes pepper spray look like daggone Hairspray.
- This is Thera zinc spray, which is zinc gluconate.
- However, I wanted to see what fake tanning or a spray tan would do.
- Charles M says in the myth about the pepper spray Catching Fire.
- There's little sunscreens and bug sprays and towels.
Examples
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A couple sprays of this and you'll be bug-free for sure.
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A little I use in some water to make a bug spray for the plants.
Fiction book (1992) -
This here is pepper spray, and we will use it.
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Okay, a bottle of hair spray...
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Anybody got some bug spray?
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I have dogs, and that spray can't be good for them.
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Also, sunscreens, especially the spray ones, can be toxic.
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Right now, we've used this setting spray to lock in the powder.
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They make their own bug spray with essential oils and stuff.
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Farmers and ranchers should be able to use any chemical sprays they think are necessary.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
31
3.5
A small can of strong liquid that makes your eyes burn to stop people or animals
14
3.0
Paint that comes out of a small can as a fine mist to cover surfaces
5
1.0
A spray that keeps hair in place
1
2.5
A light fall of small drops like rain or water
1
3.1
Tiny drops of liquid that float in the air
Antonyms
Compounds
31
3.5
A small can of strong liquid that makes your eyes burn to stop people or animals
A machine that sprays cleaning liquid on surfaces like carpets, upholstery or mattresses and removes the liquid and dirt
A machine that wets fabric with cleaning liquid and then pulls the dirty water away
How Fine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spray first meant 'small branch' in old English spreaw, and later it came to mean liquid sent out as many tiny drops. A chemical or pesticide is called a spray because it is the liquid that is put out as many small drops to cover plants or surfaces.