atomizer, atomiser, spray, sprayer, nebulizer, nebuliser
(noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
spray
(noun) flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage
spray
(noun) a jet of vapor
spray, spraying
(noun) a quantity of small objects flying through the air; “a spray of bullets”
spray
(noun) a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
spray
(noun) water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall
spray
(verb) scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; “spray water on someone”; “spray paint on the wall”
spray
(verb) cover by spraying with a liquid; “spray the wall with paint”
spray
(verb) be discharged in sprays of liquid; “Water sprayed all over the floor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spray (countable and uncountable, plural sprays)
A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
(countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.
(countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
(medicine, countable) 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.
(metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
(metalworking, countable) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
(computing, countable) 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.
spray (third-person singular simple present sprays, present participle spraying, simple past and past participle sprayed)
(transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
(ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.
(transitive, figurative) To project many small items dispersively.
(intransitive, zoology) To urinate in order to mark territory.
(transitive, computing, computer security) 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.
spray (countable and uncountable, plural sprays)
(countable) A small branch of flowers or berries.
(countable) A collective body of small branches.
(uncountable) Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.
(countable, obsolete) An orchard.
(countable) An ornament or design that resembles a branch.
• Prays, Sarpy, prays, raspy, spary
Source: Wiktionary
Spray, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. sprag. See Sprig.]
1. A small shoot or branch; a twig. Chaucer. The painted birds, companions of the spring, Hopping from spray, were heard to sing. Dryden.
2. A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray. And from the trees did lop the needless spray. Spenser.
3. (Founding) (a) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold. (b) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches. Knight. Spray drain (Agric.), a drain made by laying under earth the sprays or small branches of trees, which keep passages open.
Spray, n. Etym: [probably from a Dutch or Low German form akin to E. spread. See Spread, v. t.]
1. Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.
2. (Med.) (a) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer. (b) An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer. Spray condenser (Steam Engine) an injection condenser in which the steam is condensed by a spray of water which mingles with it.
Spray, v. t.
1. To let fall in the form of spray. [Poetic] M. Arnold.
2. To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
