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Sprinkle

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Verb (used with object)

to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles
She sprinkled powder on the baby.
to disperse or distribute here and there.
to overspread with drops or particles of water, powder, or the like
to sprinkle a lawn.
to diversify or intersperse with objects scattered here and there.

Verb (used without object)

to scatter or disperse liquid, a powder, etc., in drops or particles.
to be sprinkled.
to rain slightly (often used impersonally with it as subject)
It may sprinkle this evening.

Noun

the act or an instance of sprinkling.
something used for sprinkling.
Usually, sprinkles. small particles of chocolate, candy, sugar, etc., used as a decorative topping for cookies, cakes, ice-cream cones, and the like.
a light rain.
a small quantity or number.

Antonyms

verb
collect , gather

Synonyms

verb
baptize , christen , dampen , dot , dredge , dust , freckle , mist , moisten , pepper , powder , rain , shake , shower , smear , speck , speckle , spit , spot , spray , spritz , squirt , strew , stud , besprinkle , bespeckle , dapple , fleck , mottle , stipple , asperse , bedew , dabble , drizzle , perfuse , scatter , sparge , sparkle , spatter , splash , water , wet

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