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sprinkle

[ spring-kuhl ]

verb (used with object)

sprinkled, sprinkling.
  1. to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles:

    She sprinkled sugar on the cake.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. to disperse or distribute here and there.
  3. to overspread with drops or particles of water, powder, or the like:

    to sprinkle a lawn.

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


verb (used without object)

sprinkled, sprinkling.
  1. to scatter or disperse liquid, a powder, etc., in drops or particles.
  2. to be sprinkled.
  3. to rain slightly (often used impersonally with it as subject):

    It may sprinkle this evening.

noun

  1. the act or an instance of sprinkling.
  2. Usually sprinkles. small particles of chocolate, candy, sugar, etc., used as a decorative topping for cookies, cakes, ice-cream cones, and the like.
  3. a light rain.
  4. a small quantity or number.
  5. a small party given to celebrate a mother-to-be or bride-to-be as an alternative to a larger bridal or baby shower:

    We decided to skip the big baby shower and just have a sprinkle this time.

  6. Archaic. something used for sprinkling:

    a holy-water sprinkle.

sprinkle

/ 藞蝉辫谤瑟艐办蓹濒 /

verb

  1. to scatter (liquid, powder, etc) in tiny particles or droplets over (something)
  2. tr to distribute over (something)

    the field was sprinkled with flowers

  3. intr to drizzle slightly
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of sprinkling or a quantity that is sprinkled
  2. a slight drizzle
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈苍路迟别谤路蝉辫谤颈苍路办濒别 verb (used with object) intersprinkled intersprinkling
  • 辫谤别路蝉辫谤颈苍路办濒别 verb (used with object) presprinkled presprinkling
  • 谤别路蝉辫谤颈苍路办濒别 verb resprinkled resprinkling
  • 耻苍路蝉辫谤颈苍路办濒别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sprinkle1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English verb sprenklen; cognate with Dutch sprenkelen, German sprenkeln; akin to Old English sprengan 鈥渢o sprinkle, make (something) spring, scatter,鈥 causative of springan 鈥渢o spring鈥; spring
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sprinkle1

C14: probably from Middle Dutch sprenkelen; related to Old English spearca spark 1
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Synonym Study

Sprinkle, scatter, strew mean to fling, spread, or disperse. To sprinkle means to fling about small drops or particles: to sprinkle water on clothes, powder on plants. To scatter is to disperse or spread widely: to scatter seeds. To strew is to scatter, especially in such a way as to cover or partially cover a surface: to strew flowers on a grave.
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That November, she bought some wildflower seeds and sprinkled them along the corridor, to see whether the soil would support their growth.

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I detect a reasonable sprinkle of the jitters in government as the world waits for US President Donald Trump's tariffs announcement later.

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