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sprinkle - the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt" |
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sprinkling,
sparge |
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watering wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"
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sprinkle - cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her" |
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splash,
splosh |
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disperse,
dot,
dust,
scatter,
sprinkle separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prosm disperses light"
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salt preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships"
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drizzle,
moisten moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter"
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sprinkle - scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" |
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sparge,
besprinkle |
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wet make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
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sprinkle - rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" |
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spit,
spatter,
patter |
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rain,
rain down precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
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