Noun
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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 -
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
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scattering,
sprinkling |
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rain shower,
shower washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game"
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Verb
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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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dot,
dust,
sprinkle,
disperse,
scatter mark with a dot; "dot your `i's"
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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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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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rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
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spit,
spatter,
patter,
pitter-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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| sprinkle -
distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
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scatter,
dot,
dust,
disperse |
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discharge release from military service
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spray scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
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spray scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
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plash,
splatter,
spatter,
splosh,
swash,
splash dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
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splosh,
sprinkle,
splash scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn"
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bespangle dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects
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aerosolise,
aerosolize disperse as an aerosol; "The bacteria suspension was aerosolized"
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