spray /spɹeɪ/noun 14verb 9forms 3 noun14 •a soft, wet mass in the air, made of water broken into drops too small to see one by oneThe sailor could feel the spray from the waves. •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. •(figurative) Something resembling a spray of liquid.Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested. — 1961 •Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner. •A small branch of flowers or berries.The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley. •A pressurized container; an atomizer. •A collective body of small branches.The tree has a beautiful spray. •Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.Gret fur he made þer aniȝt of wode & of sprai. — 1887 •An ornament or design that resembles a branch. •(Australia) A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure.On match days he could give a good spray, and in many ways he was an old-fashioned coach, having learned a lot of his approach from Ron Barassi. — 2008 •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. •A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold. •A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches. •(no longer used) An orchard. verb9 •To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.The firemen sprayed the house.Using a water cannon, the national guard sprayed the protesters. •To project in a dispersive manner.Spray some ointment on that scratch.The water sprayed out of the hose. •To urinate in order to mark territory. •(figurative) To project many small items dispersively. •To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance.Kevin McLeod sprayed the ball across from the left flank where a raging Ainsworth met it on the volley from 25 yards out, crashing the ball into the roof of the net. — 2012 •To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction.But once again their forwards, including Sloss, sprayed the ball in front of goal and squandered their momentum by kicking a solitary goal and six careless behinds. — 2016 •(Nigeria) To shower guests dancing at a function with money.“If a celebrator is dancing and you spray him/her, you may go to jail from the party venue because the law enforcement agents will be there, waiting to arrest you. — 2019 •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. •(slang, disapproving) To give unwanted advice. formssprayed · spraying · sprays