1. Noun
A small shoot or branch; a twig.
2. Noun
A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray.
3. Noun
A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.
4. Noun
A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
5. Verb
Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.
6. Verb
A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
7. Verb
An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.
8. Verb
To let fall in the form of spray.
9. Verb
To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.
10. Noun
a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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