spraying

Plural: sprayings

Noun

• the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
• a quantity of small objects flying through the air
• the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer
• The act by which something is sprayed.

Verb

• be discharged in sprays of liquid
• scatter in a mass or jet of droplets
• cover by spraying with a liquid
• present participle and gerund of spray

Examples

• The parched lawn needed several sprayings before the grass looked green again.

Synonyms

crop-dusting, spray