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Spraying

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is sprayed.

    "The parched lawn needed several sprayings before the grass looked green again."

  2. 2
    the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft) wordnet
  3. 3
    the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer wordnet
  4. 4
    a quantity of small objects flying through the air wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of spray form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From spray + -ing.

Etymology 2

From spray + -ing.

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