Spray

What “Spray” means

Noun

1. A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
2. Something resembling a spray of liquid.
3. A pressurized container; an atomizer.
4. Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
5. 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.

Verb

1. To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
2. To project in a dispersive manner.
3. To project many small items dispersively.
4. To urinate in order to mark territory.
5. 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.

Noun

1. A small branch of flowers or berries.
2. A collective body of small branches.
3. Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.
4. An orchard.
5. An ornament or design that resembles a branch.

Where the word comes from

From Middle Dutch sprāien, sprayen, spraeyen (“to spray, sprinkle, spread”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sprēwijaną (“to spray, sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to sow, scatter”). Cognate with Middle High German spræjen, spræwen (“to squirt, spray, dust, splash, straw”), Danish dialectal språe (“to open up, burst forth”), Swedish dialectal språ (“to sprout, shoot forth, burst”), Norwegian dialectal spra, spræ (“to splash, splatter, spout, burst forth”), Dutch sproeien (“to spray, sprinkle”), German sprühen (“to spray, sparkle”).

From Middle English spray, from Old English *spræġ, sprei (found in place names such as that of Spreyton, England), of unknown origin. Compare English sprig (“shoot, twig”).

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Industries where “Spray” fits

We suggest this word for 1 business types and industries, including:

• Pressure Washing Business