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sprayed Meaning & Definition

/spɹeɪd/

What Does Sprayed Mean?

Sprayed is used as a verb meaning simple past and past participle of spray. As an adjective, it means chapped with cold.

Word Facts for Sprayed

Part of speechverb, adjective
Pronunciation//spɹeɪd//
Syllables1
Comparative / superlativemore sprayed, most sprayed

Sprayed Definition (Verb)

  1. simple past and past participle of spray

Sprayed as an Adjective

  1. chapped with cold

Verb

  1. To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

    The firemen sprayed the house.

  2. To project in a dispersive manner.

    Spray some ointment on that scratch.

  3. To project many small items dispersively.
  4. To urinate in order to mark territory.
  5. 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

Synonyms of Sprayed

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Antonyms of Sprayed

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Sprayed in a Sentence

The firemen sprayed the house.

Spray some ointment on that scratch.

to spray the heap of a target process

Word Forms & Grammar

sprayed

sprayed (comparative more sprayed, superlative most sprayed)

Words That Rhyme With Sprayed

Pronouncing Sprayed

The standard pronunciation of sprayed is //spɹeɪd//, spoken in 1 syllable.

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