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sprinkle

/ sprinkle /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of sprinkling or splashing water
"baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"
"a sparge of warm water over the malt"
Type of:
watering
Derived:
sparge besprinkle splash splosh
verb Sense 2
scatter with liquid; wet lightly
"Sprinkle the lawn"
Type of:
wet
Derived:
sprinkling sparge sprinkler
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
"She splashed the water around her"
Type of:
scatter dot dust
Kinds of:
salt drizzle moisten
Derived:
splash splashing spatter spattering splattering
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody Adjective/Noun
verb Sense 4
rain gently
"It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
Type of:
rain rain down
Derived:
scattering sprinkling
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody
noun Sense 5
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
Type of:
shower rain shower
Derived:
spit spatter patter pitter-patter
verb Sense 6
distribute loosely
"He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
Type of:
discharge
Kinds of:
spray spatter splatter plash splash
Derived:
dust scattering sprinkling scatter strewing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
63%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
41
Times Searched
4
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Related Words

watering wet scatter dot dust salt drizzle moisten rain rain down shower rain shower