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Definition: Spray |
SprayNoun1. A pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying. 2. A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine spray. 3. A quantity of small objects flying through the air; "a spray of bullets". 4. Flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage. 5. Water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall. 6. A jet of vapor. Verb1. Be discharged in sprays of liquid; "Water sprayed all over the floor". 2. Scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall". 3. Cover by spraying with a liquid; "spray the wall with paint". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spray" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Geography | Ensemble of water droplets torn by the wind from the surface of an extensive body of water, generally from the crests of waves, and carried up a short distance into the air. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | A device for converting a medicated liquid into a vapor for inhalation ; an instrument for applying a spray which is 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 deodorizer. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The dispersed discharge from a pressurized dispenser, usually in the form of small droplets or particles. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| An instrument for applying. . . a spray. . which is. . a jet of fine medicated vapour used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or deodorizer. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Personal Care & Hotels | Reduce to very fine spray. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | Jet of extinguishing agent discharged from the nozzle in dispersed form. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Spray is a town located in Wheeler County, Oregon. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 140.Geography
Spray is located at 44°49'59" North, 119°47'40" West (44.833179, -119.794449)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 140 people, 67 households, and 39 families residing in the town. The population density is 235.0/km² (618.7/mi²). There are 88 housing units at an average density of 147.7/km² (388.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.86% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 67 households out of which 14.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% are married couples living together, 3.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 40.3% are non-families. 34.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.00 and the average family size is 2.55. In the town the population is spread out with 18.6% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 17.9% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 32.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 51 years. For every 100 females there are 112.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.2 males. The median income for a household in the town is $23,250, and the median income for a family is $24,500. Males have a median income of $19,250 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,955. 21.0% of the population and 11.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 43.5% are under the age of 18 and 13.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spray, Oregon."
Synonyms: SpraySynonyms: atomiser (n), atomizer (n), sprayer (n), spraying (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: sprayer (medicine). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bubble | Noun: bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift. |
Part | Debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus; excerpta; member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig; runner; leaf, leaflet; stump; component part; sarmentum. |
River | Verb: flow, run; meander; gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue; drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate; stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash; guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate; ooze, flow out. (egress). |
Jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau; sluice. | |
Irrigation. (water); pump; watering pot, watering cart; hydrant, syringe; garden hose, lawn spray; bhisti, mussuk. | |
Vaporization | Mister, spray. |
Vegetable | Foliage, branch, bough, ramage, stem, tigella; spray; leaf. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Spray |
| English words defined with "spray": aerosol, aerosol bomb, aerosol can, aerosol container, airbrush, atomise, atomiser, atomize, atomizer ♦ douche ♦ Feather spray ♦ Malathion, Marine rainbow, mist ♦ Nebulize ♦ penetrating, penetrative ♦ sea spray, shower, spindrift, spoondrift, spray can, Spray condenser, spray gun, spray paint, spray-dry, sprayer, spraying, sprig, spritz, syringe. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spray": deluge water spray system ♦ SILVER SPRAY WORKER, spray drier, spray dyer, spray mist styler, spray nozzle, Spray Pyrolysis, spray skimmed milk powder, sprayer, automatic spray machine ♦ thermal-release water spray. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spray" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (spray), Dutch (spray), German (lacquer, spray), Hungarian (aerosol, spray), Italian (spray), Manx (splay ), Portuguese (spray), Spanish (spray), Swedish (atomizer, spray). |
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Screenplays | I need a father who's a role model, not some horny geek-boy who's gonna spray his shorts every time I bring a girlfriend home from school (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Spray the beast (Sid and Nancy; writing credit: Alex Cox; Abbe Wool) I'm looking for a love-potion aerosol, that I can spray on a certain Penthouse Pet, to obtain her total submission (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis) I don't know, are you thinking what it would be like to have Spiderman spray his web on you (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) Then why didn't you spray paint them (The Last Brickmaker in America; writing credit: Joe Wehinger) | |
Lyrics | And I spray threes so say cheese (Put Ya Hands Up; performing artist: KISS) | |
Clever | For head cold, use an agonizer to spray the nose until it drops in your throat. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Waves and Spray (1898) Caught In the Spray (1998) | |
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 | CDC spray equipment leaving the warehouse at a field office in Laredo, TX, for work in a flood area. Credit: CDC. |  | Members of the Technical Development Laboratory staff operating a device which measures the energy required to pump a hand-powered spray can. Credit: CDC. |
 | When the ground sea is running Spray flying 50 feet after waves crash into rocks. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Spray in the sunset at Soquel Point The local name for Soquel Point is Pleasure Point. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Spray flying up after surf collides with rocky shore at Soquel Point. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Surf, rock, and spray define Point Lobos. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Rock, spray, and wind make for a tricky entrance to Depoe Bay. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Volunteers from a local high school cut Brazilian Pepper bushes at their bases and then spray a spot application of herbicide. Brazilian Pepper is an introduced species that outcompetes the native mangroves. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Salt-burned foliage from wind-driven spray from Hurricane Bob. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | A night view from the bridge of huge waves and spray during a nasty Gulf of Alaska storm. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Spray from boat on Sognefjord" by Kit Barker Commentary: "Spray from boat on Sognefjord, Norway." | "Spray" by Jason Smith Commentary: "Spray from an outdoor fountain." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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 | High-powered spray. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The white spray nodded to her dancing and when she was in shadow the glow was deeper on her cheek |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And there are the men of chemistry who spray the trees against pests, who sulphur the grapes, who cut out disease and rots, mildews and sicknesses |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Spray clothing with permethrin-containing insecticides. (references) | |
Spray living and sleeping areas with an insecticide to kill insects. (references) | ||
Saline nasal spray, which you can buy in a drug store, can give relief. (references) | ||
Business | Automotive lifts, analog engine tuners, and paint spray boots are major items made in Thailand. (references) | |
Security equipment for personal protection such as guns, bulletproof vests, tear gas spray, and equipment for car protection such as tracking devices (GPS), as well as alarms and fuel-blocking systems are also in high demand. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Romania | Police forcibly entered and used a spray irritant in Romani homes. (references) |
Hong Kong | Two police officers earlier had received verbal warnings for excessive use of pepper spray. (references) | |
Australia | In January a riot at the Port Hedland center in the northwest resulted in injuries to three staff members; rioters were subdued with pepper spray, but no detainees were injured. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Lesotho | There are regulations in force concerning welding and cutting, noise, and spray painting. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LAUGHTER, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable. Liability to attacks of laughter is one of the characteristics distinguishing man from the animals -- these being not only inaccessible to the provocation of his example, but impregnable to the microbes having original jurisdiction in bestowal of the disease. Whether laughter could be imparted to animals by inoculation from the human patient is a question that has not been answered by experimentation. Dr. Meir Witchell holds that the infection character of laughter is due to the instantaneous fermentation of sputa diffused in a spray. From this peculiarity he names the disorder Convulsio spargens. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Spray" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 81.08% of the time. "Spray" is used about 829 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 81.08% | 672 | 9,806 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 9.88% | 82 | 36,594 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 8.31% | 69 | 40,280 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.72% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 829 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "spray" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Spray | Last name | 1,000 | 12,316 |
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1. Spray, OR (town, FIPS 69450) |
Expressions using "spray": 2) skimmed milk powder manufactured by the spray process ♦ containment spray system ♦ deluge water spray system ♦ Feather spray ♦ fine spray ♦ hair spray ♦ Nasarel Nasal Spray ♦ paint spray ♦ plastic spray packaging ♦ scent spray ♦ sea spray ♦ spray booth ♦ spray bottle ♦ spray burner ♦ spray can ♦ spray carburetor ♦ spray chrysanthemums ♦ spray condenser ♦ spray cultivation ♦ spray dispenser ♦ spray dome ♦ spray down ♦ spray drag ♦ spray drain ♦ spray gun ♦ spray irrigation ♦ spray mist styler ♦ spray nozzle ♦ spray off ♦ spray on ♦ spray out ♦ spray paint ♦ spray painting ♦ spray skimmed milk powder ♦ spray up ♦ spray with water. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "spray": spray-bar, spray-blind, spray-can, spray-damp, spray-deck, spray-dried, spray-dry, spray-drying, spray-fix, spray-fixed, spray-gun, spray-happy, spray-in, Spray-in-highlights, spray-jobs, spray-killers, spray-lashings, spray-on, Spray-paint, spray-painted, spray-painting, spray-snow, spray-snowed, spray-tank, spray-wipe. | |
Ending with "spray": anti-spray, car-spray, fly-spray, garden-spray, gas-spray, hair-spray, re-spray, sea-spray, soak-spray, water-spray. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pepper spray | 1,071 | axe body spray | 110 |
counter strike spray | 877 | spray foam insulation | 110 |
spray | 532 | spray nozzles | 100 |
spray on tan | 479 | spray painting | 98 |
cs spray | 421 | bear spray | 97 |
tanning spray | 412 | mosquito spray | 89 |
spray bed liner | 375 | nasal spray | 84 |
spray paint | 375 | half life spray | 71 |
spray in bed liner | 221 | skunk and spray | 71 |
spray gun | 196 | paint spray booth | 70 |
spray booth | 169 | spray insulation | 69 |
siding spray | 166 | cs logo spray | 69 |
spray bottle | 161 | spray foam | 68 |
hair spray | 158 | counter strike spray paint | 67 |
bug spray | 141 | mace pepper spray | 66 |
ocean spray | 137 | tech spray | 65 |
spray paint gun | 124 | spray washer | 65 |
bear pepper spray | 122 | hgh spray | 62 |
counter strike spray logo | 118 | spray on truck bed liner | 61 |
spray booth tanning | 110 | epil stop and spray | 59 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "spray"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | sprucoj, spërkat (asperse, bedew, besprinkle, damp, dampen, dash, dew, perfuse, plash, slosh, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, sprinkle, strew), spërkë (plash, spatter, splatter, spot, sputter), lastar (offshot, outgrowth, scion, slip, sprig, sprout, tender-shoot), çurg (flush, spout, spurt, squirt). (various references) | |
Arabic | نضح (asperse, aspersion, douche, exudation, exude, ooze, perfusion, pulverization, pulverize, sprinkle, spurt, sweat, transpiration), وابل (barrage, dash, fusillade, hail, torrent), غضن (buckle, crease, pucker, purse, rumple, wrinkle), رذذ (atomize), رذاذ (dribble, drizzle, perfusion, spit), رشاشة, رشاش (sprinkle, surf), رش الشعر, رش (asperse, besprinkle, dabble, dust, powder, spatter, spirt, splash, splatter, spraying, sprinkle, squirt), شىء شبيه بالغصن المزهر, دهن بالرش, باقة (bunch, tuft). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | украшение във форма на клонче (sprig), спрей, ръся (sift, sprinkle), клонка (twig), пулверизатор (atomizer, gun, pulverizer, sprayer, vaporizer), пръскачка (atomizer, sprayer), пръскане (splash, splosh, spraying), пръски. (various references) | |
Chinese | 浪花 . (various references) | |
Czech | sprej, zalít (suffuse, water), vìtev (bough, branch, limb), rozprašovat (pulverize), rozprašovaè (atomizer, sparger, sprayer), rosit, ratolest (scion, sprig), prška (volley), postřikovat, postřik, pokropit (besprinkle, sparge, spatter, sprinkle, water), mžení, kytièka (nosegay, nose-gay), haluz (twig). (various references) | |
Danish | sproejt (cold shot, entrapped cold shot, expulsion, shot iron, spatter, splash, splatter), spredt straale, spray, sprøjtning (control, spray treatment, spraying, spraying treatment, treatment, treatment by spraying), vandspreder (sprinkler), vaeskefordeler (rose), klase, forstoevningsanordning (nebuliser, nebulizer, sprayer, vaporiser), forstoeve (atomize), bekæmpelse (control, spraying, treatment), behandling (treatment). (various references) | |
Dutch | verstuiven (squirt). (various references) | |
Esperanto | spraji. (various references) | |
Farsi | سم پاشی , دواپاشی , شاخه کوچک (Sprig), ریزش (Catarrh, Diffusion, Downfall, Gush, Income, Influx, Infusion, Outflow, Slide, Slump), افشان , افشاندن (Diffuse, Exude, Inseminate, Intersperse, Pour, Scatter, Winnow), افشانک , باطراف میزند, پاشیدن (Infusion, Inseminate, Pour, Spatter, Sprinkle, Spurtle, Strew), سمپاشی کردن , ترشح (Discharge, Spatter, Splutter, Sprinkle), ترکه (Bequest, Bough, Heirloom, Offshoot, Rod, Scion, Sprig, Switch, Twig, Wand, Wattle), تلمبه سم پاش , گردپاش (Sprayer), قطرات ریزباران که بادانرااب پاش , چیزپاشیدنی , افشانه . (various references) | |
Finnish | sumuttaa (atomize), suihkuttaa (shower, spout, spurt), suihku (jet, shower, spout), rypäle (grape), ryöppy (shower), ruiskuttaa (inject, play the hose, syringe), roiske (splash), räiske (crackle), pärske, oksa (bough, branch, knot, snag, sprig, twig), lehvä (twig), kastella (irrigate, moisten, sprinkle, water, wet), hyrsky (surge), hajasuihku. (various references) | |
French | vaporiser, pulvériser, pulvérisateur (sprayer), embruns, atomiser. (various references) | |
Frisian | pistoal (pistol, spray gun). (various references) | |
German | Gischt (foam, froth, spum), Zerstäuber (atomizer, sprayer, vaporizer, vaporizers), spritzen (bespatter, dabble, gush, hose, inject, pipe, slosh, spatter, spit, splash, splash up, spout, sprinkle, spurt, spurt out, sputter, squirt, syringe, syringes), spritze (hypodermic, injection, jab, shot, syringe), Spray (lacquer), Sprühwasser (atomized water, water spray), sprühen (bubble over, drizzle, effervesce, flash, fly, glitter, sparkle, spring, squirt), Brause (douche, fizz, lemonade, pop, rose, sherbet, shower, shower attachment, sprinkler). (various references) | |
Greek | ψεκάζω (atomize). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מרסס (aerosol, atomizer, diffuser, injector, pulverizer, sprayer), לזלוף (sprinkle), לזלף (sprinkle), להתיז (ricochet, slosh, spatter, splatter, sputter), לרסס, לנתז (splash, sprinkle, squirt), תרסיס (aerosol), זלף (perfumed water), רסוס (dusting, injection, powdering, pulverization, spraying, sprinkling). (various references) | |
Hungarian | permet, gally (bough, snub, sprig, twig). (various references) | |
Indonesian | semprotan, semprot, menyemburkan (sprout), memburakan (fire, spew forth (water, spout), duko (paint). (various references) | |
Irish | spréigh. (various references) | |
Italian | spruzzare (dash, inject, slosh, spatter, spit, splash, spout, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, wash), spray, nebulizzare (nebulise, nebulize). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 噴射 (injection, jet, jet propulsion). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すいえん (mist over a body of water), しぶき (splash), きりふき (atomizer), ひまつ (splash), ふんしゃ (injection, jet, jet propulsion), こえだ (twig), スプレー , みずけむり (mist over a body of water). (various references) | |
Korean | 살포 (scatter, spraying). (various references) | |
Manx | spreihder (sprayer, sprinkler), spreih (issue, issue of gas, spatter, splash, sprinkle, spurt, sputter), dossan (bunch, cockade, hackle, small cluster, tuft). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ayspray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pulverizador (atomizer, blower, jet, pulverizer, sprayer, vaporizer), pulverizar (comminute, crush, levigate, meal, mill, powder, pulverize, talcum, vapor, vaporize, vapour). (various references) | |
Romanian | stropi (asperse, beddable, besmear, besmirch, dabble, damp, dash, drop, irrigate, perfuse, smear, smirch, sparge, spatter, speck, splash, splatter, splutter, sprinkle, sputter, squirt, water), uda (bedew, damp, dip, douse, drench, irrigate, moisten, soak, souse, sparge, splash, sprinkle, squirt, stain, steep, wash, water, wet), ramurã (bough, branch, department, embranchment, filiation, line, offshoot, twig), pulverizator (air gun, atomizer, pulverizer, sprayer), pulveriza (atomize, comminute, grind, jet, levigate, powder, pulverize, sprinkle), picãturi (drop, droppings), duş (douche, shower, shower bath), ceaţã finã, apã pulverizatã. (various references) | |
Russian | распылять (airbrushed, airbrushing, atomize, fritter away, pulverize, volatilize), разбрызгивать, аэрозоль (aerosol), брызги (spatter, spill, splash, splatter, splutter), пульверизатор (air gun, atomizer, pulverizer, spray gun, sprayer). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sprej, zaprašiti, poprskati (bespatter, besprinkle, intersperse, slosh, sparge, splash, sprinkle), pištolj za nanošenje boje, nakit u obliku biljke. (various references) | |
Spanish | rociar (baste, dabble, douse, spatter, splatter, sprinkle), pulverización (pulverization). (various references) | |
Swedish | stänk (dash, Dot, fleck, spit, splash, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling), strila, stänka (plash, splash), kvist (bough, branch, knag, sprig, twig). (various references) | |
Thai | พ่น (spurt), การพ่นน้ำ, กระป๋องฉีด, ละอองน้ำ. (various references) | |
Turkish | sprey sıkmak, sprey boya ile boyamak (spray paint), sprey (sprayer), serpmek (asperse, besprinkle, dabble, dust, intersperse, perfuse, pulverization, scatter, spill, splash, splatter, sprinkle, strew), serpinti (sprinkle, sprinkling), sürgün (banishment, bud, deportation, deportee, exile, expatriation, expellee, growth, ostracism, outgrowth, outlaw, outlawry, proscription, relegation, shoot, spine, sprout, tiller, transport, transportation, twig), püskürtmek (atomize, beat off, belch, dash, pulverization, pulverize, repel, repulse, spout, spray on, squirt, vaporize, vomit), püskürtücü (atomizer, injector, repellent, repelling, sprayer, spreader, sprinkler), püsküren sıvı, filiz (bud, burgeon, button, cion, growth, offshoot, ore, outgrowth, rod, shoot, spine, sprig, sprout, tendril, tiller), bahar dalı (sprig), çiseleme (drizzle, spit, sprinkle). (various references) | |
Turkmen | syзratmak (splash), syзramak (splash, stand on someone's feet suddenly (ю)), suwlamak, sepele, dermanlamak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розпилювати (nebulize, pulverize), водяний пил, обприскувач (bomb, syringe), обприскувати (perfuse), лозина (osier, switch, wattle), пагонець. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mương (dike, drain, drain-ditch, dyke, spray-drain), ống phun (spray-gun). (various references) | |
Welsh | lluwch (dust, snowdrift). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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| Italian | 900-Modern | guazzo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spray": sprayed, sprayer, sprayers, spraying, sprays. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "spray": respray. (additional references) | |
Words containing "spray": resprayed, respraying, resprays, unsprayed. (additional references) | |
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"Spray" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sarai, Saray, seray, sparky, sparry, spraw, sprayd, sprif. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spray" (pronounced sprā") |
| 3 | -p r ā" | pray, prey. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: prays, raspy. | |
| Words within the letters "a-p-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: pars, pays, pray, pyas, raps, rasp, rays, ryas, spar, spay, spry, yaps. | |
-2 letters: ars, asp, ays, par, pas, pay, pry, pya, rap, ras, ray, rya, sap, say, spa, spy, yap, yar. | |
-3 letters: ar, as, ay, pa, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-p-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: pastry, payers, payors, psywar, pyrans, repays, sharpy, sparky, sparry, sprays. | |
+2 letters: apyrase, frypans, jaspery, papyrus, parlays, parleys, parsley, pessary, pirayas, piscary, players, prayers, prepays, psaltry, psywars, pyrolas, pyurias, replays, respray, satrapy, scrappy, sharply, sparely, sparkly, sprawly, sprayed, sprayer, syncarp, yappers, yaupers, yawpers. | |
+3 letters: airplays, apospory, apyrases, asperity, charpoys, cyprians, euphrasy, flytraps, lampreys, outprays, overpays, palfreys, palmyras, papistry, paralyse, parkways, paronyms, paroxysm, parsleys, partyers, passerby, payrolls, peytrals, plastery, portrays, psaltery, pyralids, pyramids, pyranose, pyrexias, pyrostat, resprays, rhapsody, ropeways, shipyard, spagyric, sparkily, sparsely, sparsity, spermary, spirally, sprayers, spraying, superlay, sympatry, syncarps, syncarpy, syrphian, tapestry, typebars, vespiary, whiprays. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Cities 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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