Definitions of sprinkle [ˈsprɪŋ kəl]

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Definition of 'sprinkle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) sprinkle
to scatter in drops or particles:
sprinkling water on the flowers.

2.  sprinkle
to disperse or distribute here and there.

3.  sprinkle
to overspread with drops or particles of water, powder, or the like:
to sprinkle a lawn.

4.  sprinkle
to diversify or intersperse with objects scattered here and there.

5. (v.i.) sprinkle
to scatter or disperse liquid, a powder, etc., in drops or particles.

6.  sprinkle
to rain slightly in scattered drops.

7. (n.) sprinkle
an act or instance of sprinkling.

8.  sprinkle
something used for sprinkling.

9.  sprinkle
Usu., sprinkles. small pieces of flavored candy used to decorate cakes, cookies, and ice cream.

10.  sprinkle
a light rain.

11.  sprinkle
a small quantity or number.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME sprenklen (v.), perh. < MD sprenkelen; akin to spring)

Definition of 'sprinkle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

2. (verb) sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge
the act of sprinkling or splashing water
"baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"

3. (verb) scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse
distribute loosely
"He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

4. (verb) sprinkle, splash, splosh
cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
"She splashed the water around her"

5. (verb) sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter
rain gently
"It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

6. (verb) sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle
scatter with liquid; wet lightly
"Sprinkle the lawn"

Definition of 'sprinkle'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) sprinkle
to drop many small things around a surface
Sprinkle blueberries over ice cream.

2. sprinkle
to rain lightly
Clouds came out and it began to sprinkle.

Definition of 'sprinkle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) sprinkle
a small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling

2. (noun) sprinkle
a utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler

3. (verb) sprinkle
to scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc

4. (verb) sprinkle
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

5. (verb) sprinkle
to baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify

6. (verb) sprinkle
to scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles

7. (verb) sprinkle
to rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles

8. (verb) sprinkle
to fly or be scattered in small drops or particles

Translation of 'sprinkle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to scatter something over something else in small drops or bits He sprinkled salt over his food; He sprinkled the roses with water.
Afrikaans: besprinkel	Arabic: يَرُش	Bulgarian: осейвам
Brazilian: espalhar	Czech: posypat; postříkat	German: streuen, besprenkeln
Danish: drysse; stænke	Greek: πασπαλίζω, ραντίζω	Estonian: peale riputama, piserdama
Farsi: پاشيدن	Finnish: sirotella	French: saupoudrer, asperger
Hebrew: לְהַזלִיף	Hindi: बुरकना, छिड़कना	Croatian: škropiti, posipati
Hungarian: (meg)hint	Indonesian: menaburkan	Icelandic: sáldra, strá, dreifa
Italian: spargere, cospargere; spr	Japanese: ふりかける	Korean: 뿌리다
Lithuanian: apibarstyti, apšlakstyti	Latvian: []bārstīt; []smidzināt	Malay: memercik
Dutch: sprenkelen	Norwegian: drysse, skvette, vanne	Polish: kropić, sypać, pryskać
Portuguese: espalhar	Romanian: a presăra; a stropi	Russian: посыпать; брызгать
Slovak: posypať; postriekať	Slovenian: posipati, poškropiti	Serbian: posuti
Swedish: strö, stänka, spruta	Thai: โปรย	Turkish: serpmek
Taiwanese: 灑，噴淋，撒	Ukrainian: бризкати, кропити	Urdu: چھڑکنا
Vietnamese: rắc, tưới	Chinese: 撒，洒
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