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1
a
mass
of very
small
drops
of
liquid
carried
in the
air
:
Examples:
Can you feel the spray from the
sea
/
waterfall
?
2
a
liquid
that is
forced
out of a
special
container
under
pressure
so that it
becomes
a
mass
of
small
liquid
drops
like a
cloud
:
Examples:
a
quick
spray of
perfume
/
polish
3
a
mass
of
small
drops
of
liquid
spread
onto
plants
and
crops
, etc. from a
special
piece
of
equipment
, or the
piece
of
equipment
itself:
Examples:
Farmers
use a lot of
chemical
sprays
on
crops
.
4
a
single
small
branch
or
stem
with
leaves
and
flowers
on it:
Examples:
All the
wedding
guests
wore
sprays
of
carnations
.
5
to
spread
liquid
in
small
drops
over an
area
:
Examples:
She
sprayed
herself with
perfume
.
Vandals had
sprayed
graffiti
on the
wall
.
The
pipe
burst
and water was
spraying
everywhere
.
figurative
Rush
hour
commuters were
sprayed
with
bullets
by a
gunman
in a car.
6
a
mass
of very
small
drops
of
liquid
forced
through the
air
, or a
container
from which
small
drops
of
liquid
are
forced
out:
Examples:
[
U
] As the
waves
crashed
over the
rocks
, some of the
ocean
spray
reached
them where they
stood
.
[
C
] When my
nose
is
stuffy
, I use a
nasal
spray.
7
a
single
,
small
branch
or
stem
with
leaves
and
flowers
on it, or a
small
arrangement
of cut
flowers
:
Examples:
On the
table
was a spray of
fresh
flowers
.
8
to put a
mass
of
small
drops
of
liquid
on someone or something or into the
air
, or to
flow
out of a
container
in a
mass
of
small
drops
:
Examples:
[ T ]
Store
employees
offer
to spray you with
perfume
.
[ T ]
fig
. They were
sprayed
with
flying
glass
from the
shattered
windows
.
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