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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crop-dusting, sprayingnoun

    the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

  2. spray, sprayingnoun

    a quantity of small objects flying through the air

    "a spray of bullets"

  3. sprayingnoun

    the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer

Wiktionary

  1. sprayingnoun

    The act by which something is sprayed.

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

ChatGPT

  1. spraying

    Spraying refers to the act or process of dispensing a substance, usually liquid or gas, in small droplets or particles, typically propelled under pressure from a container or device. This action can be used for various applications such as applying paint, dispensing pesticides, delivering medication, or distributing perfume. The substance being sprayed can be dispersed over a wide area or directed at a specific target.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of spraying in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of spraying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of spraying in a Sentence

  1. Mustapha Debboun:

    We have a lot of water, a lot of areas that have plenty of mosquitos breeding. We will go and do some spraying until the populations go down.

  2. Hugo Castro:

    If you go to the canal you see a bunch of homemade floatation devices. It's such a violent gamble, and people are consistently willing to do it. a tanker truck pulled up that evening and started spraying water on the road.

  3. Ken Olson:

    The worst dioxin-contaminated site in Vietnam is Bien Hoa airbase, which is 30 miles north of Ho Chi Minh City, after President Nixon ordered the U.S. military to stop spraying Agent Orange in 1970, this is the site where all the Agent Orange barrels remaining in Vietnam were collected. The barrels were processed and shipped to Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean, where they were incinerated at sea in 1977.

  4. Christopher Cantwell:

    I thought that spraying the guy was the least damaging thing I could do, in my left hand, I had a flashlight. My other option, other than the pepper spray, was to break this guy’s teeth. OK? And I didn’t want to do that. I just wanted him not to hurt me.

  5. Hugo Castro:

    A tanker truck pulled up that evening and started spraying water on the road, for a moment it felt like the highway was covered in blood. I turned away and put down more crosses.

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