Definition of spray

• n. - A small shoot or branch; a twig.
• n. - A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray.
• n. - A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.
• n. - A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
• v. t. - Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.
• v. t. - A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
• v. t. - An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.
• v. t. - To let fall in the form of spray.
• v. t. - To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.