[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"sprinkle"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/scattering"]scattering[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/sprinkling"]sprinkling[/URL]] [*]the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/sprinkling"]sprinkling[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/sparge"]sparge[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]verb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/scatter"]scatter[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/dot"]dot[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/dust"]dust[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/disperse"]disperse[/URL]] [*]cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/splash"]splash[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/splosh"]splosh[/URL]] [*]rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/spit"]spit[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/spatter"]spatter[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/patter"]patter[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/pitter-patter"]pitter-patter[/URL]] [*]scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/sparge"]sparge[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/besprinkle"]besprinkle[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/sprinkle"]http://www.word.sc/sprinkle[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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