Present participle for to scatter or sprinkle, typically over a wide area
“Using her specimens as a kind of stencil, she would spray paint over the foliage and create an outline of leaves, building up layers and colors as she went along.”
Present participle for to be driven through the air or forced out of something in tiny drops
“I turned the valve, hoping desperately that water would spray from the nozzle.”
Present participle for to be, or cause to be, wet or waterlogged
Present participle for to shoot or spray something at a target
Present participle for to sprinkle with or as if with a shower
Present participle for to give or add color to
Present participle for to rub a (typically oily or sticky) substance over
Present participle for to separate or reduce into atoms
Present participle for to throw or launch something in a given direction
Present participle for to diffuse, radiate or give off
The operation of causing water to flow, typically over land
“The aged timber cracked and the roof began to give way, spraying us with a shower of dirt and small debris.”
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