SPRAYING

spraying, crop-dusting

(noun) the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

spraying

(noun) the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer

spray, spraying

(noun) a quantity of small objects flying through the air; “a spray of bullets”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

spraying

present participle of spray

Noun

spraying (plural sprayings)

The act by which something is sprayed.

Anagrams

• prayings, praysing

Source: Wiktionary

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SPRAY

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

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