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Sprayed Spray Spreɪ Small Verb Bre Conditioner Wet

Word spray
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / spreɪ / NAmE / spreɪ /
Example
  • spray the conditioner onto your wet hair.
  • champagne sprayed everywhere.
  • the crops are regularly sprayed with pesticide.
  • she's had the car sprayed blue.
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spray

(verb)BrE / spreɪ / NAmE / spreɪ /
  1. to cover somebody/something with very small drops of a liquid that are forced out of a container or sent through the air
    • Spray the conditioner onto your wet hair.
    • Champagne sprayed everywhere.
    • The crops are regularly sprayed with pesticide.
    • She's had the car sprayed blue.
  2. to cover somebody/something with a lot of small things with a lot of force
    • The gunman sprayed the building with bullets.
    • Pieces of glass sprayed all over the room.
  3. to leave small amounts of urine to mark its own area
  4. Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they spray
    • he / she / it sprays
    • past simple sprayed
    • past participle sprayed
    • -ing form spraying

    Word Origin

    • verb early 17th cent. (earlier as spry): related to Middle Dutch spra(e)yen ‘sprinkle’.
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