Sprinkle

['sprɪŋk(ə)l] or ['sprɪŋkl]

Definition

(noun.) the act of sprinkling or splashing water; 'baptized with a sprinkling of holy water'; 'a sparge of warm water over the malt'.

(verb.) scatter with liquid; wet lightly; 'Sprinkle the lawn'.

(verb.) cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; 'She splashed the water around her'.

(verb.) rain gently; 'It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick'.

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Definition

(v. i.) To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

(v. i.) To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.

(v. i.) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.

(v. i.) To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles.

(v. i.) To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles.

(v. i.) To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.

(n.) A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.

(n.) A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Scatter, strew.[2]. Bedew, besprinkle.

v. n. Rain (moderately).

Checked by Candy

Definition

v.t. to scatter in small drops or particles: to scatter on: to baptise with a few drops of water: to purify.—v.i. to scatter in drops.—n. an aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.—ns. Sprin′kle Sprin′kling a small quantity sprinkled: in book-binding the mottling of the edges of trimmed leaves by scattering a few drops of colour on them; Sprin′kler.

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