Noun spraying has 3 senses
  1. crop-dusting, spraying - the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
    --1 is a kind of dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion
  2. spray, spraying - a quantity of small objects flying through the air; "a spray of bullets"
    --2 is a kind of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
    Derived form: verb spray2
  3. spraying - the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer
    --3 is a kind of
    application, coating, covering
    --3 has particulars: spray painting
    Derived form: verb spray3
,Verb spray has 3 senses
  1. spray - be discharged in sprays of liquid; "Water sprayed all over the floor"
    --1 is one way to
    scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse
    Derived forms: noun spray5, noun spray2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  2. spray - scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
    --2 is one way to
    scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse
    Derived forms: noun spray5, noun spray2, noun sprayer2, noun spraying2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  3. spray - cover by spraying with a liquid; "spray the wall with paint"
    --3 is one way to
    cover
    Derived forms: noun sprayer1, noun spraying3
    Sample sentence:
    They spray the bread with melted butter
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