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Spraying   /sprˈeɪɪŋ/   Listen
Spraying

noun
1.
The dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft).  Synonym: crop-dusting.
2.
A quantity of small objects flying through the air.  Synonym: spray.
3.
The application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer.





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"Spraying" Quotes from Famous Books



... and maybe I won't," he cried, scooping up a handful of sand and spraying her. "What'll you give me ...
— The Vertical City • Fannie Hurst
... gesture which included the carpenters at work on the roof, painters perilously poised on tall ladders and a half dozen men busy spraying ...
— An Alabaster Box • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Florence Morse Kingsley
... themselves abhorred, or the field guns were on the job and the mess had the jumps. If Hans, the Hun, had not been the perfect little gentleman he is, and had dropped a shell anywhere near us (instead of assiduously spraying a distant ridge where nobody ever was, is, or will be) our mess would have been with Tyre and Sidon; but Hans never forgot himself for a moment; it was our own side we distrusted. The Heavies, for instance. The Heavies warped themselves laboriously into position behind our hill, disguised themselves ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 152, Feb. 7, 1917 • Various
... the planting again: and as we planted we had great talk of seed potatoes and the advantages and disadvantages of mechanical planters, of cultivating and spraying, and all the lore of prices and profits. Once we stopped at the lower end of the field to get a drink from a jug of water set in the shade of a fence corner, and once we set the horse in the thills and moved the seed farther up the field. And tired and hungry as I felt I really ...
— The Friendly Road - New Adventures in Contentment • (AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker


Words linked to "Spraying" :   covering, spray painting, small indefinite quantity, aircraft, application, diffusion, dispersal, dissemination, small indefinite amount, dispersion, coating


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