spray

1. 1.

   be discharged in sprays of liquid

   “Water sprayed all over the floor”

   Broaderscatter
2. 2.

   scatter in a mass or jet of droplets

   “spray water on someone”

   “spray paint on the wall”

   Broaderscatter

   Narrowershoweratomizemistsyringe
3. 3.

   cover by spraying with a liquid

   “spray the wall with paint”

   Broadercover

Other forms of spray

plural

sprays·

past tense

sprayed·

present participle

spraying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spray

What does spray mean?

spray means "a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spray?

spray has 1 syllable: spray. In IPA it is /ˈspɹeɪ/.

What is another word for spray?

Close synonyms include spraying, atomizer, atomiser, sprayer, nebulizer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spray a common word?

spray is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.