Usually means: Liquids dispersed in fine droplets.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. sprays: Merriam-Webster
  2. sprays: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sprays: Vocabulary.com
  4. Spray's, Sprays, spray's, sprays: Wordnik
  5. sprays: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sprays: Wiktionary
  7. sprays: Dictionary.com
  8. sprays: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Sprays: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. sprays: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sprays: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. sprays: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sprays: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sprays: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. sprays: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sprays: Idioms

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  1. sprays: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spray)

noun:  A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
noun:  (figuratively) Something resembling a spray of liquid.
noun:  (countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.
noun:  (countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
noun:  (medicine, countable) 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 a deodorizer.
noun:  (metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
noun:  (metalworking, countable) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
noun:  (computing, countable) The allocation and filling of blocks of memory with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
noun:  (Australia) A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure.
verb:  (transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
verb:  (ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To project many small items dispersively.
verb:  (intransitive, zoology) To urinate in order to mark territory.
verb:  (transitive, computing, computer security) To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
verb:  (transitive, soccer) To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance.
verb:  (transitive, Australian rules football) To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction.
verb:  (climbing, slang, derogatory) To give unwanted advice.
verb:  (Nigeria) To shower guests dancing at a function with money
noun:  (countable) A small branch of flowers or berries.
noun:  (countable) A collective body of small branches.
noun:  (uncountable) Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.
noun:  (countable, obsolete) An orchard.
noun:  (countable) An ornament or design that resembles a branch.
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