[English] The Oxford 3000 Most Important Words
Sprayed Spray Spreɪ Small Verb Bre Conditioner Wet
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BrE / spreɪ / NAmE / spreɪ / |
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- 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 / - 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.
- 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.
- to leave small amounts of urine to mark its own area
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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