sprinkle
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(verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" |
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Synonyms: besprinkle |
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Related Words: wet |
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2. |
(noun) watering with a sprinkler |
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Synonyms: sprinkling |
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Related Words: watering |
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3. |
(verb) cause (a liquid) to spatter about, esp. with force; "She splashed the water around her" |
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Synonyms: splash, splosh |
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Related Words: disperse, dot, drizzle, dust, moisten, scatter, sprinkle |
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4. |
(verb) rain gently |
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Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit |
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Related Words: rain, rain down |
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5. |
(verb) distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon." |
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Synonyms: disperse, dot, dust, scatter |
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Related Words: aerosolize, bespangle, discharge, plash, spatter, splash, splatter, splosh, spray, sprinkle, swash |
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(noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby |
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Synonyms: scattering, sprinkling |
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Related Words: rain shower, shower |
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