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spray
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?e?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch spr?ien, sprayen, spraeyen (“to spray, sprinkle, spread”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spr?wijan? (“to spray, sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to sow, scatter”). Cognate with Middle High German spræjen, spræwen (“to squirt, spray, dust, splash, straw”), Danish dialectal språe (“to open up, burst forth”), Swedish dialectal språ (“to sprout, shoot forth, burst”), Norwegian dialectal spra, spræ (“to splash, splatter, spout, burst forth”), Dutch sproeien (“to spray, sprinkle”), German sprühen (“to spray, sparkle”).
Noun
spray (countable and uncountable, plural sprays)
- A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
- The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.
- (countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.
- (countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
- (medicine, countable) A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
- (metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
- (metalworking, countable) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
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- (computing, countable) The allocation and filling of blocks of memory with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
- 2015, Herbert Bos, Fabian Monrose, Gregory Blanc, Research in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses: 18th International Symposium
- This approach would be altered for an optimal omelette based exploit. One would spray the heap with the omelette code solely, then load a single copy of the additional shellcode eggs into memory outside the target region for the spray.
- 2015, Herbert Bos, Fabian Monrose, Gregory Blanc, Research in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses: 18th International Symposium
- (Australia) A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure.
- 2008, Robert Harvey, Harves: Strength Through Loyalty, Macmillan Publishers Aus. (?ISBN), page 119:
- On match days he could give a good spray, and in many ways he was an old-fashioned coach, having learned a lot of his approach from Ron Barassi.
- 2008, Kevin Hillier, Rocket Science: The Biography of Rodney Eade, Macmillan Publishers Aus. (?ISBN), page 151:
- Expectations of what they will put up with have changed and a big spray probably doesn't have the effect it used to have. It certainly worked for me, I would get really aggressive and get fired up 'cause it's a motivational device they used.
- 2018, Paul Amy, Fabulous Fred: The Strife and Times of Fred Cook, Melbourne Books (?ISBN)
- He could give a bloody good spray, Bricey,' Cook says. 'He'd be frothing at the mouth after he'd finished.
- 2008, Robert Harvey, Harves: Strength Through Loyalty, Macmillan Publishers Aus. (?ISBN), page 119:
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
spray (third-person singular simple present sprays, present participle spraying, simple past and past participle sprayed)
- (transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
- (ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.
- (transitive, figuratively) To project many small items dispersively.
- (intransitive, zoology) To urinate in order to mark territory.
- (transitive, computing, computer security) To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
- to spray the heap of a target process
- 2015, Herbert Bos, Fabian Monrose, Gregory Blanc, Research in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses: 18th International Symposium
- This approach would be altered for an optimal omelette based exploit. One would spray the heap with the omelette code solely, then load a single copy of the additional shellcode eggs into memory outside the target region for the spray.
Derived terms
- say it, don't spray it
- sprayable
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English spray, from Old English *spræg, sprei (found in place names such as that of Spreyton, England), of unknown origin.
Noun
spray (countable and uncountable, plural sprays)
- (countable) A small branch of flowers or berries.
- The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley.
- (countable) A collective body of small branches.
- The tree has a beautiful spray.
- c. 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene. Book VII, Canto VII:
- And from the Trees did lop the needless Spray;
- (uncountable) Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.
- (countable, obsolete) An orchard.
- (countable) An ornament or design that resembles a branch.
Anagrams
- Prays, Sarpy, prays, raspy, spary
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English spray.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spre?/
- Hyphenation: spray
Noun
spray m (plural sprays)
- spray (liquid commercial product sold in a spray container)
Derived terms
- haarspray
- verfspray
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English spray.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sprei?/, [?s?pre?i?]
- Syllabification: spray
Noun
spray
- spray (device for spraying)
Declension
Usage notes
- Many of the inflected forms, especially the plurals, are somewhat awkward. Therefore, it may be advisable to use appropriate synonyms for these cases, such as spraypullo, spraytölkki, suihke, suihkepullo.
Synonyms
- suihke
- suihkepullo
Derived terms
- spreijata
Compounds
- spraydeodorantti
- spraymaalata
- spraymaali
- spraypullo
- spraytölkki
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- spré, szpré
Etymology
From English spray.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?spre?], [?spre?j], [??pre?], [??pre?j]
- Hyphenation: spray
- Rhymes: -re?, -e?j
Noun
spray (plural spray-k)
- spray (commercial product dispensed from a container)
Declension
Derived terms
Middle English
Alternative forms
- spraye
Etymology
From Old English *spræg, sprei (found in place names such as that of Spreyton, England), of unknown origin.
Noun
spray (plural sprayes)
- branch, shoot, or twig of a tree
Descendants
- English: spray
- Yola: spraay
References
- “sprai, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From English spray
Noun
spray m (definite singular sprayen, indefinite plural sprayer, definite plural sprayene)
- spray
Derived terms
- hårspray
- nesespray
- sprayboks
- spraymaling
Related terms
- spraye
Etymology 2
Verb
spray
- imperative of spraye
References
- “spray” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English spray
Noun
spray m (definite singular sprayen, indefinite plural sprayar, definite plural sprayane)
- spray
Derived terms
- hårspray
- sprayboks
Related terms
- spraye
References
- “spray” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From English spray, from Middle Dutch spr?ien, sprayen, spraeyen (“to spray, sprinkle, spread”), from Proto-Germanic *spr?wijan? (“to spray, sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to sow, scatter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spr?j/
Noun
spray m inan
- aerosol spray (liquid commercial product sold in a spray container)
Declension
Further reading
- spray in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- spray in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From English spray, from Middle Dutch spr?ien, sprayen, spraeyen (“to spray, sprinkle, spread”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spr?wijan? (“to spray, sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to sow, scatter”)
Noun
spray m (plural sprays)
- spray; atomizer (pressurised container with a nozzle that lets out a spray)
- Synonyms: borrifador, atomizador, esprei, aerossol, pulverizador
- spray (fine, gentle, disperse mist of liquid)
- Synonyms: borrifo, esprei
Romanian
Etymology
From English spray.
Noun
spray n (plural sprayuri)
- spray
Declension
Spanish
Noun
spray m (plural sprays or spray)
- Alternative form of espray
Further reading
- “spray” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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spay
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English spayen, spaien, from the Anglo-Norman espeier, equivalent to the Old French espeer (“to cut with a sword”), from espee (“sword”), whence the Modern French épée.
Alternative forms
- spaie [16th C.]
- spave (archaic)
- spaye [16th–17th CC.]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sp?, IPA(key): /spe?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Verb
spay (third-person singular simple present spays, present participle spaying, simple past spayed, past participle spayed or (obsolete) spade)
- (transitive) To remove or destroy the ovaries and/or uterus (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant.
Synonyms
- castrate, emasculate (for a male)
- geld (used almost always of animals, especially male horses)
- neuter (used only of animals, especially pets)
- sterilize (used for all species and for both genders)
Translations
References
- “spay, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Etymology 2
See spayard.
Noun
spay (plural spays)
- Rare spelling of spayard.
References
- “spay” listed as a variant spelling of “spaya(?)d, spayd”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Etymology 3
Verb
spay (third-person singular simple present spays, present participle spaying, simple past and past participle spayed)
- Alternative form of spae (to foretell or divine)
Anagrams
- APYs, AsPy, Pays, aspy, pays, pyas, yaps
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch speye; compare Middle Dutch spoye.
Alternative forms
- spey, speye
Noun
spay (plural spayes)
- sluice
References
- “†spay, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Etymology 2
See spayen.
Verb
spay (third-person singular simple present spayeth, present participle spayinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle spaied)
- alternative infinitive of spayen.
References
- “spay, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Scots
Etymology
From Northern Middle English sp?, from Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spah?n?, *speh?n? (“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *spe?- (“to look”). Cognate with Old High German speh?n (“to peer, spy”) (whence German spähen), Middle Dutch spien, spieden (“to spy”) (whence Dutch spieden). More at spy.
Noun
spay (plural spays)
- A prophecy; omen
Verb
spay (third-person singular present spays, present participle spayin, past spayed, past participle spayed)
- Alternative form of spae
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