| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  spr |
| NOUN: | 1. Water or other liquid moving in a mass of dispersed droplets, as from a wave. 2a. A fine jet of liquid discharged from a pressurized container. b. A pressurized container; an atomizer. c. Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: sprayed, spray·ing, sprays
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To disperse (a liquid) in a mass or jet of droplets. 2. To apply a spray to (a surface). | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To discharge sprays of liquid. 2. To move in the form of a spray. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From obsolete spray, to sprinkle, from Middle Dutch sprayen. | | OTHER FORMS: | spray er —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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