Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: spraying
IPA transcription: [spɹ'eɪɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: crop-dusting, spraying
    Meaning: the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
Usage examples
  • I sent my second son, Fred Meeker, to London to learn the English methods of fighting the pest and to import some spraying machinery.
  • We found to our cost, however, in the course of time, that the English methods did not suit our different conditions; for while we could kill the lice, we had to use so much spraying material on the dense foliage that, in killing them, we virtually destroyed the hops.