 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sprinkle
noun
1: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others
nearby [syn: {scattering}, {sprinkling}]
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}]
verb
1: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the
wagon" [syn: {scatter}, {dot}, {dust}, {disperse}]
2: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force;
"She splashed the water around her" [syn: {splash}, {splosh}]
3: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are
slick" [syn: {spit}, {spatter}, {patter}, {pitter-patter}]
4: scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" [syn:
{sparge}, {besprinkle}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\ (spr[i^][ng]"k'l), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p.
{Sprinkled} (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprinkling}
(-kl[i^]ng).] [OE. sprenkelen, freq. of sprengen to sprinkle,
to scatter, AS. sprengan, properly, to make to spring,
causative of springan to spring; akin to D. sprenkelen to
sprinkle, G. sprengen. See {Spring}, verb (used without an object), and cf.
{Sprent}.]
1. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed,
etc.
2. To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops
or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth
with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.
3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small
quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
--Heb. x. 22.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\, verb (used without an object)
1. To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may
fall in particles.
And the priest shall . . . sprinkle of the oil with
his finger seven times before the Lord. --Lev. xiv.
16.
2. To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now
and then; as, it sprinkles.
3. To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\, noun
1. A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a
sprinkling.
2. A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler. [Obs.]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
122 Moby Thesaurus words for "sprinkle":
Scotch mist, asperge, asperse, band, baptize, bar, bedew,
bespangle, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, blood rain,
blotch, bread, check, checker, christen, crumb, dabble, damp,
dampen, dapple, dash, dew, dip, dot, douche, dredge, drizzle, drum,
dust, evening mist, fall, flake, fleck, flour, flurry, foam,
freckle, froth, gout of rain, harlequin, hose, hose down, humect,
humectate, humidify, immerse, iris, irrigate, maculate, marble,
marbleize, mist, misty rain, mizzle, moisten, moisture, motley,
mottle, paddle, patter, pelt, pepper, pimple, pitter-patter, plash,
polychrome, polychromize, pour, pour with rain, powder,
precipitate, precipitation, rain, rain tadpoles, rainbow, raindrop,
rainfall, rainwater, scatter, shake, sheet of rain, shower,
shower down, slobber, slop, slosh, spangle, sparge, spatter, speck,
speckle, spindrift, spit, splash, splatter, splotch, sponge, spot,
spray, spume, stigmatize, stipple, streak, stream, strew, striate,
stripe, stud, swash, syringe, tattoo, tessellate,
unfrozen hydrometeor, variegate, vein, water, weep, wet,
wet down
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