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SPRAYING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
Synonyms:
crop-dusting; spraying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("spraying" is a kind of...):
diffusion; dispersal; dispersion; dissemination (the act of dispersing or diffusing something)
Domain category:
aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("spraying" is a kind of...):
application; coating; covering (the work of applying something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spraying"):
spray painting (applying paint with a sprayer)
Derivation:
spray (cover by spraying with a liquid)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A quantity of small objects flying through the air
Example:
a spray of bullets
Synonyms:
spray; spraying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("spraying" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Derivation:
spray (scatter in a mass or jet of droplets)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb spray
