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sprinkle



I - noun
1. a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
Syn:
scattering, sprinkling
Derivationally related forms:
sprinkle (for: sprinkling)
Hypernyms:
shower, rain shower
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
Derivationally related forms:
sprinkle (for: sprinkling)
Hypernyms:
watering

II - verb
1. distribute loosely (Freq. 5)
- He scattered gun powder under the wagon
Syn:
scatter, dot, dust, disperse
Derivationally related forms:
dispersive (for: disperse), dust (for: dust), sprinkling, scatter (for: scatter)
Hypernyms:
discharge
Hyponyms:
spray, spatter, splatter, plash, splash,
splosh, swash, bespangle, aerosolize, aerosolise
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force (Freq. 1)
- She splashed the water around her
Syn:
splash, splosh
Derivationally related forms:
splash (for: splash), splashing (for: splash), sprinkler
Hypernyms:
scatter, dot, dust, disperse
Hyponyms:
salt, drizzle, moisten
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s something with something
3. rain gently
- It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick
Syn:
spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter
Derivationally related forms:
sprinkling
Hypernyms:
rain, rain down
Verb Frames:
- It is ----ing
4. scatter with liquid;
wet lightly
- Sprinkle the lawn
Syn:
sparge, besprinkle
Derivationally related forms:
sprinkler, sprinkling
Hypernyms:
wet
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They sprinkle the bread with melted butter

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