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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: sprinkled over; "glistening grass besprent with raindrops" [syn: {besprent}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "sprinkled": bespangled, blotched, blotchy, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, dotted, dotty, dusted, exiguous, flea-bitten, flecked, fleckered, frecked, freckled, freckly, infrequent, macular, maculate, maculated, meager, miserly, niggardly, patchy, peppered, piddling, pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille, pointillistic, polka-dot, poor, powdered, punctated, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scrimping, scrimpy, seldom met with, seldom seen, skimping, skimpy, slim, spangled, sparse, spattered, specked, speckled, speckledy, speckly, splattered, splotched, splotchy, spotted, spotty, stingy, stippled, studded, thin, tight
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