dust vs spray

dust

verb
  • To spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid. 

  • To remove dust; to clean by removing dust. 

  • To leave; to rush off. 

  • To kill. 

  • Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth. 

  • To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate. 

  • To remove dust from. 

noun
  • The act of cleaning by dusting. 

  • Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths. 

  • The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body. 

  • A disturbance or uproar. 

  • A low or mean condition. 

  • Something worthless. 

  • Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc. 

  • The earth, as the resting place of the dead. 

  • A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure. 

spray

verb
  • To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something. 

  • To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance. 

  • To project many small items dispersively. 

  • 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 urinate in order to mark territory. 

  • To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction. 

  • To give unwanted advice. 

  • To project in a dispersive manner. 

noun
  • Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner. 

  • A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure. 

  • A small branch of flowers or berries. 

  • A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold. 

  • A collective body of small branches. 

  • The allocation and filling of blocks of memory with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit. 

  • A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid. 

  • A pressurized container; an atomizer. 

  • Something resembling a spray of liquid. 

  • A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches. 

  • Branches and twigs collectively; foliage. 

  • A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer. 

  • An ornament or design that resembles a branch. 

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