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Words related to sprinkle

Related / Similar Words: sprinkling, sparge, scattering, besprinkle, splash, splosh, scatter, dot, dust, disperse, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter

Definition:

the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt";

a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby;

scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn";

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

distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon";

rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick";

Hyponyms: salt, drizzle, moisten, spray, spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash, bespangle, aerosolize, aerosolise

Derivational Morphology: sparge, besprinkle, splash, splosh, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter, sprinkling, sprinkler, splashing, spattering, splattering, plash, dust, scattering, scatter, strewing, spread

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