| VERB | contact | sprinkle, scatter, dot, dust, disperse | distribute loosely |
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| contact | sprinkle, splash, splosh | cause (a liquid / liquid) to spatter about, especially with force | |
| weather | sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter | rain gently | |
| change | sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle | scatter with liquid / liquid | |
| NOUN | phenomenon | sprinkle, scattering, sprinkling | a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby |
| act | sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge | the act of sprinkling or splashing water |
| Sounds | sprih'ngkahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby. | |
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| Synonyms | scattering, sprinkling | |
| Broader | shower, rain shower | A brief period of precipitation |
| Verbs | sprinkle | rain gently |
| Meaning | The act of sprinkling or splashing water. | |
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| Synonyms | sprinkling, sparge | |
| Broader | watering | wetting with water |
| Spanish | aspersión | |
| Catalan | aspersió | |
| Verbs | sprinkle | scatter with liquid / liquid |
| sprinkle | cause (a liquid / liquid) to spatter about, especially with force | |
| Meaning | Distribute loosely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | scatter, dot, dust, disperse | |
| Narrower | aerosolize, aerosolise | disperse as an aerosol |
| bespangle | dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects | |
| spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash | dash a liquid / liquid upon or against | |
| spray | scatter in a mass or jet of droplets | |
| spray | Be discharged in sprays / sprays of liquid / liquid | |
| sprinkle, splash, splosh | Cause (a liquid / liquid) to spatter about, especially with force | |
| Broader | discharge | pour forth or release |
| Spanish | dispersar, esparcir, rociar, salpicar | |
| Catalan | dispersar, escampar, escatxicar, espargir, esquitxar, ruixar | |
| Nouns | sprinkling | a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly |
| Meaning | Cause (a liquid / liquid) to spatter about, especially with force. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Synonyms | splash, splosh | |
| Narrower | drizzle, moisten | moisten with fine drops |
| salt | sprinkle as if with salt | |
| Broader | scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse | Distribute loosely |
| Spanish | espolvorear, rociar, salpicar | |
| Catalan | esquitxar, ruixar | |
| Nouns | sprinkle | the act of sprinkling or splashing water |
| sprinkler | mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden | |
| Meaning | rain gently. | |
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| Pattern | It is ----ing | |
| Example | "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" | |
| Synonyms | spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter | |
| Broader | rain, rain down | precipitate as rain |
| Spanish | chispear, escupir, lloviznar, rociar, salpicar | |
| Catalan | esquitxar, ploviscar, plovisquejar | |
| Nouns | sprinkle, sprinkling | a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby |
| Meaning | scatter with liquid / liquid; wet lightly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They sprinkle the bread with melted butter | |
| Example | "Sprinkle the lawn" | |
| Synonyms | sparge, besprinkle | |
| Broader | wet | Cause to become wet |
| Spanish | regar, salpicar | |
| Catalan | arrosar, brufar, esquitxar, regar, ruixar | |
| Nouns | sprinkle, sprinkling | the act of sprinkling or splashing water |
| sprinkler | mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden | |
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