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3 VERB If you say that a person spouts something, you disapprove of them because they say something which you do not agree with or which you think they do not honestly feel. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V n] He used his column to spout ill-informed criticism of the Scots rugby team. ● PHRASAL VERB Spout forth and spout off mean the same as spout . □ [V P + about ] …an estate agent spouting forth about houses.

4 N‑COUNT A spout is a long, hollow part of a container through which liquids can be poured out easily.

sprain /spre I n/ (sprains , spraining , sprained )

1 VERB If you sprain a joint such as your ankle or wrist, you accidentally damage it by twisting it or bending it violently. □ [V n] He fell and sprained his ankle. ●  sprained ADJ [usu ADJ n] □  …a badly sprained ankle. □  His wrist was sprained.

2 N‑COUNT A sprain is the injury caused by spraining a joint.

sprang /spræ ŋ/ Sprang is the past tense of spring .

sprat /spræ t/ (sprats ) N‑COUNT Sprats are very small European sea fish which can be eaten.

sprawl /sprɔː l/ (sprawls , sprawling , sprawled )

1 VERB If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way. □ [V prep/adv] She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up. ● PHRASAL VERB Sprawl out means the same as sprawl . □ [V P prep] He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed.

2 → see also sprawled

3 VERB If you say that a place sprawls , you mean that it covers a large area of land. □ [V prep] The State Recreation Area sprawls over 900 acres.

4 N‑UNCOUNT You can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way. □  The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6m people.

sprawled /sprɔː ld/ ADJ [v-link ADJ , ADJ after v] If you are sprawled somewhere, you are sitting or lying with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way. □  People are sprawled on makeshift beds in the cafeteria.

spray ◆◇◇ /spre I / (sprays , spraying , sprayed )

1 N‑VAR Spray is a lot of small drops of water which are being thrown into the air. □ [+ from/of ] The moon was casting a rainbow through the spray from the waterfall.

2 N‑VAR A spray is a liquid kept under pressure in a can or other container, which you can force out in very small drops. □  …hair spray. □  …a can of insect spray.

3 VERB If you spray a liquid somewhere or if it sprays somewhere, drops of the liquid cover a place or shower someone. □ [V n prep/adv] A sprayer hooked to a tractor can spray five gallons onto ten acres. □ [V n + with ] Two inmates hurled slates at prison officers spraying them with a hose. □ [V prep] Drops of blood sprayed across the room.

4 VERB If a lot of small things spray somewhere or if something sprays them, they are scattered somewhere with a lot of force. □ [V prep] A shower of mustard seeds sprayed into the air and fell into the grass. □ [V n prep] The intensity of the blaze shattered windows, spraying glass on the streets below. □ [V n + with ] The bullet slammed into the ceiling, spraying them with bits of plaster.

5 VERB If someone sprays bullets somewhere, they fire a lot of bullets at a group of people or things. □ [V n prep/adv] He ran to the top of the building spraying bullets into shoppers below. □ [be V -ed + with ] The army lorries were sprayed with machine gun fire from guerrillas in the woods. [Also V n]

6 VERB [usu passive] If something is sprayed , it is painted using paint kept under pressure in a container. □ [be V -ed + with ] The bare metal was sprayed with several coats of primer.