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English

Pronunciation


Verb

  1. To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
  2. :The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.
  3. To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
  4. :The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar.
  5. To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
  6. : It sprinkled outside all day long.

Translations

Noun

sprinkle (plural: sprinkles)

  1. A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
  2. :He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.
  3. A light rain shower.


Synonyms

  • (light covering with a sprinkled substance): sprinkling


Translations

Derived terms


Category:Liquids

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\, v. i.
1. To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may
fall in particles.
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And the priest shall . . . sprinkle of the oil with
his finger seven times before the Lord. --Lev. xiv.
16.
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2. To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now
and then; as, it sprinkles.
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3. To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\, n.
1. A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a
sprinkling.
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2. A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler. [Obs.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\ (spr[i^][ng]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Sprinkled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Sprinkling
(-kl[i^]ng).] [OE. sprenkelen, freq. of sprengen to sprinkle,
to scatter, AS. sprengan, properly, to make to spring,
causative of springan to spring; akin to D. sprenkelen to
sprinkle, G. sprengen. See Spring, v. i., and cf.
Sprent.]
1. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed,
etc.
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2. 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.
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3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small
quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
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Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
--Heb. x. 22.
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WordNet sprinkle
n 1: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others
nearby [syn: scattering, sprinkling]
2: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a
sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over
the malt" [syn: sprinkling, sparge]
v 1: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the
wagon" [syn: scatter, dot, dust, disperse]
2: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force;
"She splashed the water around her" [syn: splash, splosh]
3: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are
slick" [syn: spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter]
4: scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" [syn:
sparge, besprinkle]
Moby Dictionary
Scotch mist , asperge , asperse , band , baptize , bar , bedew ,
bespangle , bespatter , bespeckle , bespot , besprinkle , blood rain ,
blotch , bread , check , checker , christen , crumb , dabble , damp ,
dampen , dapple , dash , dew , dip , dot , douche , dredge , drizzle , drum ,
dust , evening mist , fall , flake , fleck , flour , flurry , foam ,
freckle , froth , gout of rain , harlequin , hose , hose down , humect ,
humectate , humidify , immerse , iris , irrigate , maculate , marble ,
marbleize , mist , misty rain , mizzle , moisten , moisture , motley ,
mottle , paddle , patter , pelt , pepper , pimple , pitter-patter , plash ,
polychrome , polychromize , pour , pour with rain , powder ,
precipitate , precipitation , rain , rain tadpoles , rainbow , raindrop ,
rainfall , rainwater , scatter , shake , sheet of rain , shower ,
shower down , slobber , slop , slosh , spangle , sparge , spatter , speck ,
speckle , spindrift , spit , splash , splatter , splotch , sponge , spot ,
spray , spume , stigmatize , stipple , streak , stream , strew , striate ,
stripe , stud , swash , syringe , tattoo , tessellate ,
unfrozen hydrometeor , variegate , vein , water , weep , wet ,
wet down


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