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sprin⋅kle

  [spring-kuhl] verb, -kled, -kling, noun
Use sprinkle in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby.
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)
5. to scatter or disperse liquid, a powder, etc., in drops or particles.
6. to be sprinkled.
7. to rain slightly (often used impersonally with it as subject): It may sprinkle this evening.
–noun
8. the act or an instance of sprinkling.
9. something used for sprinkling.
10. Usually, sprinkles. small particles of chocolate, candy, sugar, etc., used as a decorative topping for cookies, cakes, ice-cream cones, and the like.
11. a light rain.
12. a small quantity or number.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME sprenklen (v.); c. D sprenkelen, G sprenkeln; akin to OE sprengan to sprinkle, make (something) spring, scatter, causative of springan to spring

Synonyms:
1. distribute, rain. 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, esp. in such a way as to cover or partially cover a surface: to strew flowers on a grave.
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sprin·kle   (sprĭng'kəl)   
v.   sprin·kled, sprin·kling, sprin·kles

v.   tr.

  1. To scatter in drops or particles: sprinkled sugar on the cereal.

  2. To scatter drops or particles on.

  3. To intersperse with something as if by scattering: sprinkled his speech with quotations.

  4. To distribute or intersperse at random.

v.   intr.

  1. To scatter something in drops or particles.

  2. To fall or rain in small or infrequent drops.

n.  

  1. The act of sprinkling.

  2. A light rainfall.

  3. A small amount; a sprinkling.

  4. sprinkles Small particles of candy sprinkled on ice cream as a topping.


[Middle English sprenklen, perhaps of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: sprin·kle
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: sprin·kled; sprin·kling
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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