I.
noun
1 drops of liquid
ADJECTIVE
▪ fine , light
▪ salt , sea
… OF SPRAY
▪ cloud , plume
▪
The boat sent a cloud of ~ up behind it.
VERB + SPRAY
▪ send , send up , throw , throw up
SPRAY + VERB
▪ fly , fly up
▪
Spray flew up onto the rocks.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of salt water
2 substance in a container, released as drops of liquid
ADJECTIVE
▪ bug ( AmE ), fly
▪ body , hair (usually hairspray ) , nasal
▪ cooking ( esp. AmE )
▪
a casserole dish sprayed with non-stick cooking ~
▪ CS ( BrE ), pepper
▪
The police used pepper ~ on demonstrators.
▪ aerosol , chemical
▪
A boy died aged just 13 after inhaling aerosol ~.
VERB + SPRAY
▪ apply , use
SPRAY + NOUN
▪ bottle , can
▪ paint
II.
verb
Spray is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ cat , ↑ water
Spray is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ crop , ↑ fertilizer , ↑ graffiti , ↑ gunfire , ↑ paint , ↑ perfume , ↑ water