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Sprinkle

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Noun

1. scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling

a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

2. sparge, sprinkle, sprinkling

the act of sprinkling or splashing water

Example Sentences:
'baptized with a sprinkling of holy water'
'a sparge of warm water over the malt'

Verb

3. disperse, dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle

distribute loosely

Example Sentences:
'He scattered gun powder under the wagon'

4. splash, splosh, sprinkle

cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

Example Sentences:
'She splashed the water around her'

5. patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinkle

rain gently

Example Sentences:
'It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick'

6. besprinkle, sparge, sprinkle

scatter with liquid; wet lightly

Example Sentences:
'Sprinkle the lawn'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sprinkle

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verb
1. 
to scatter (liquid, powder, etc) in tiny particles or droplets over (something)
2. (transitive)
to distribute over (something)
the field was sprinkled with flowers
3. (intransitive)
to drizzle slightly
noun
4. 
the act or an instance of sprinkling or a quantity that is sprinkled
5. 
a slight drizzle

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sprinkle

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsprinkled or ˈsprinkling
1. 
to scatter (water, sand, etc.) in drops or particles
2. 
a. 
to scatter drops or particles upon; cover or strew with a sprinkling
b. 
to dampen before ironing
3. 
to distribute at random or in a pattern
verb intransitive
4. 
to scatter something in drops or particles
5. 
to fall in drops or particles
6. 
to rain lightly or infrequently
noun
7. 
the act of sprinkling
8. 
a small quantity; sprinkling
9. 
a light rain
10.  [pl.]
tiny pieces of candy, variously flavored and shaped, used for decorating cookies, servings of ice cream, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sprinkle

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v. sprin·kled, sprin·kling, sprin·kles
v.tr.
1. To scatter in drops or particles: sprinkled sugar on the cereal.
2. To scatter drops or particles on: sprinkled the buns with flour.
3. To intersperse with something as if by scattering: sprinkled his speech with quotations.
4. To distribute or intersperse at random: sprinkled jokes throughout the speech.
v.intr.
1. To scatter something in drops or particles.
2. To fall or rain in small or infrequent drops.
n.
1. The act of sprinkling.
2. A light rainfall.
3. A small amount; a sprinkling.
4. sprinkles Small particles of candy sprinkled on ice cream as a topping.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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