sprayed

verbsprinkle, diffuse

Synonyms for sprayed

verb sprinkle, diffuse

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Word Origin & History

"sprinkle liquid in drops," 1520s, from Middle Dutch sprayen, from Proto-Germanic *spræwjanan (cf. German sprühen "to sparkle, drizzle," Spreu "chaff," literally "that which flies about"), from PIE root *sper- "to sow, scatter" (see sprout (v.)). The noun is attested from 1620s. Spray-painting is from 1902; spray-paint (v.) is from 1928.

Example Sentences for sprayed

She climbed on a high one and sat watching the sea as it sprayed just below.

She sprayed the air with little particles of apple as she talked.

Furiously he sprayed the air with a leaden hail from his quick-firer.

Sam didn't sneeze much, but he sort of coughed and sprayed, and that was worse.

A tower is desirable where high old trees are to be sprayed.

He loaded a bug gun with this and sprayed the ground around the hole into the other world.

Water is sprayed into the worm after the materials are mixed dry.

I sprayed her throat once, if I'm not mistaken—she was on a tour, at Pittsburg.

When it is impracticable to drain them the pools may be sprayed occasionally with kerosene.

The floor, the ceiling, and the walls were sprayed with kerosene and lysol solution.

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