"spraying" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sprayings [plural]
Etymology: spray + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spray|ing}} spray + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} spraying (plural sprayings)
  1. The act by which something is sprayed.
    Sense id: en-spraying-en-noun-bW16hImM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 86 14

Verb

Etymology: spray + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spray|ing}} spray + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} spraying
  1. present participle and gerund of spray Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: spray
    Sense id: en-spraying-en-verb-a6CYWQuR

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for spraying meaning in English (1.7kB)

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