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- [sprey]
- /spreɪ/
- /spreɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sprey]
- /spreɪ/
Definitions of spray word
- noun spray a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries. 1
- noun spray a group or bunch of cut flowers, leafy twigs, etc., arranged decoratively and for display, as in a vase. 1
- noun spray an ornament having a similar form. 1
- verb with object spray to scatter in the form of fine particles. 1
- verb with object spray to apply as a spray: to spray an insecticide on plants. 1
- verb with object spray to sprinkle or treat with a spray: to spray plants with insecticide. 1
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Origin of spray
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; < earlier Dutch spraeyen; cognate with Middle High German spræjen
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Spray
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spray popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
spray usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spray
noun spray
- aerosol — An aerosol is a small container in which a liquid such as paint or deodorant is kept under pressure. When you press a button, the liquid is forced out as a fine spray or foam.
- atomizer — a device for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, such as the nozzle used to feed oil into a furnace or an enclosed bottle with a fine outlet used to spray perfumes or medicines
- barm — the yeasty froth on fermenting malt liquors
- bouquet — A bouquet is a bunch of flowers which is attractively arranged.
- boutonniere — a flower or flowers worn in a buttonhole, as of a lapel
verb spray
- atomize — to separate or be separated into free atoms
- bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- barraging — Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
- bedew — to wet or cover with or as if with drops of dew
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