English > splatter: 4 senses > verb 1, contact| Meaning | Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Model | They splatter the bread with melted butter |
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| Example | "splatter water" |
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| Synonyms | spill, slop |
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| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| Similar to | spill, shed, disgorge | Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run ... / run out or over |
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| spill, run out | Flow, run or fall out and become lost |
| Spanish | derramar, desparramarse, desparramar, salpicar, verterse, verter |
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| Catalan | abocar, arrosar, brufar, escampar-se, escampar, esquitxar, vessar-se, vessar |
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English > splatter: 4 senses > verb 2, contact| Meaning | dash a liquid / liquid upon or against. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something with something |
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| Synonyms | spatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash |
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| Narrower | puddle | make a puddle by splashing water |
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| slosh, slush, slosh around, slush around | spill or splash copiously or clumsily |
| Broader | scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse | Distribute loosely |
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| Spanish | mojar, salpicar |
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| Catalan | esquitxar, mullar, ruixar |
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| Nouns | splatter | a small quantity of something moist or liquid |
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| splattering | the act of splashing a (liquid / liquid) substance on a surface / surface |
