spray

B2
Pronunciation
/spɹeɪ/
Noun
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.

Example Sentences
  • The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.
2 Definition

A pressurized container; an atomizer.

3 Definition

Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.

4 Definition

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.

5 Definition

A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.

6 Definition

A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.

7 Definition

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.

8 Definition

A small branch of flowers or berries.

Example Sentences
  • The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley.
9 Definition

A collective body of small branches.

Example Sentences
  • The tree has a beautiful spray.
10 Definition

Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.

11 Definition

An orchard.

12 Definition

An ornament or design that resembles a branch.

Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

Example Sentences
  • The firemen sprayed the house.
2 Definition

To project in a dispersive manner.

Example Sentences
  • Spray some ointment on that scratch.
3 Definition

To project many small items dispersively.

4 Definition

To urinate in order to mark territory.

5 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • to spray the heap of a target process