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verb | noun sprayspray1 /spreɪ/ ●●● S3 verb (, sprayed, spraying) VERB TABLEspray |
Present | I, you, we, they | spray | | he, she, it | sprays | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sprayed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sprayed | | he, she, it | has sprayed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sprayed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will spray | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sprayed |
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Present | I | am spraying | | he, she, it | is spraying | | you, we, they | are spraying | Past | I, he, she, it | was spraying | | you, we, they | were spraying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been spraying | | he, she, it | has been spraying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been spraying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be spraying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been spraying |
► spray crops/plants etc. (=cover them with liquid chemicals to protect them from insects or disease) 1 [transitive] to force liquid out of a container, hose, etc. in a stream of small drops into the air or onto someone or something: spray somebody/something with something She sprayed herself with perfume.spray something on/onto/over somebody/something Someone had sprayed blue paint on his car.spray crops/plants etc. (=cover them with liquid chemicals to protect them from insects or disease)2[intransitive always + adv./prep.] if liquids or small pieces spray somewhere, they are quickly scattered through the air: spray over/around/from etc. Grass cuttings sprayed from the mower.3spray (somebody/something with) bullets/gunfire to shoot many bullets from a gun quickly: Gunmen sprayed the crowd with bullets.4[intransitive, transitive] if a cat sprays, it sprays urine around an area to show other cats where it lives verb | noun sprayspray2 ●●● S3 noun (plural sprays) ETYMOLOGYspray2Origin: (1-3, 6) 1500-1600 Perhaps from Middle Dutch sprayen to scatter small drops of liquid (4-5) 1200-1300 Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English spræg 1LIQUID FROM A CONTAINER [countable, uncountable] liquid that is forced out of a special container in a stream of very small drops: hair spray bug spray (=for killing insects)2OCEAN [uncountable] water in very small drops blown from the ocean or a wet surface: I felt the spray from the waves on my face.3CONTAINER [countable] a can or other container with a special tube that forces liquid out in a stream of small drops: an aerosol spray4FLOWERS [countable] an attractive arrangement of flowers, jewels, or small branches used for decoration: spray of a spray of irises5LIQUID [countable] an amount of liquid that goes through the air in very small drops: spray of a spray of saliva6ANIMAL [countable] liquid that an animal such as a skunk forces out of its body in very small drops, that usually has a strong smell7a spray of bullets/dust etc. a lot of very small objects or pieces moving quickly through the air → see also pepper spray |