spray

A liquid product released in tiny drops, used for cleaning, painting, protecting, or caring for something.

• I bought some insect spray.
• Use this spray to clean the mirror.
• Which spray keeps mosquitoes away?

Common phrases: hair spray, insect spray, cleaning spray

Many tiny drops of liquid moving through the air.

• Sea spray wet my face.
• The hose produced a fine spray.
• We stood back to avoid the spray from the waterfall.

Similar words: mist

Common phrases: sea spray, fine spray, spray of water

A container that releases liquid in tiny drops when you press it.

• This spray has a broken nozzle.
• Refill the spray with clean water.
• She held the spray upright and pressed the button.

Similar words: sprayer, atomizer

Common phrases: refillable spray, handheld spray, empty spray

To send liquid out in tiny drops, often onto a surface.

• Spray the plants with water.
• She sprayed perfume on her wrist.
• Can you spray this cleaner onto the glass?

How to use it: spray something with something (We sprayed the roses with water.); spray something on/onto something (He sprayed paint onto the fence.)

Similar words: spritz

Common phrases: spray something with, spray water on, spray the plants

To fill many computer memory areas with repeated data, often to help an attack work.

• The attacker tried to spray the heap.
• This exploit sprays memory with repeated bytes.
• The script sprayed several memory regions before triggering the bug.

Common phrases: spray the heap, spray memory