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English

Verb

sprinkling

Noun

The action of the verb to sprinkle.
A small amount of (some liquid, powder or other fine substance) that is sprinkled on to something.
A light shower of rain.

ru:sprinkling te:sprinkling vi:sprinkling

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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sprinkling \Sprin"kling\ (-kl[i^]ng), n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles.
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Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling
or effusion of water. --Ayliffe.
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2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles;
as, a sprinkling of rain or snow.
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3. Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like
separate drops, or as if scattered like drops. --Craik.
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WordNet sprinkling
n 1: a small number dispersed haphazardly; "the first scatterings
of green" [syn: scattering]
2: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others
nearby [syn: scattering, sprinkle]
3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn: aspersion]
4: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a
sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over
the malt" [syn: sprinkle, sparge]

Moby Dictionary
a few , affusion , aspergation , aspersion , attenuation , baptism ,
baptismal gown , baptismal regeneration , baptistery , baptizement ,
bath , bathing , bedewing , broadcast , broadcasting , cast , chrismal ,
christening , circumfusion , dampening , damping , dash , deluge ,
dewing , diffraction , diffusion , dilution , dispensation , dispersal ,
dispersion , dissemination , dissipation , distribution , divergence ,
drowning , dust , evaporation , expansion , few , flooding , font ,
fragmentation , gleam , handful , hint , hosing , hosing down ,
humidification , idea , immersion , infusion , inkling , intimation ,
inundation , irrigation , laving , lick , limited number , look ,
moistening , only a few , peppering , piddling few , piddling number ,
powdering , propagation , publication , radiation , rinsing , sauce ,
scattering , scatterment , scintilla , seasoning , shade , shadow ,
shotgun pattern , sip , smack , small number , smatter , smattering ,
smell , soupcon , sowing , sparging , spark , spatter , spattering ,
spice , splashing , splattering , splay , spraying , spread , spreading ,
strain , streak , strewing , submersion , suggestion , sup , suspicion ,
swashing , taint , taste , tempering , thought , tinct , tincture , tinge ,
tint , too few , total immersion , touch , trace , trickle , vestige ,
volatilization , watering , wetting