Shot out liquid or particles in a mist or shower across something, or scattered liquid in fine droplets.
From Middle Dutch 'spraden' or Low German origin, possibly related to 'spread.' The word originally described water splashing, then evolved to mean deliberately propelling liquid in a dispersed way.
Before industrial spray bottles existed, 'spray' meant ocean mist or water splashing, but the invention of the spray can in the 1920s completely changed how we use this word—now we associate it with control and direction.
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