(to sprinkle water)

  • 1sprinkle water — scatter water …

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  • 2sprinkle — /spring keuhl/, v., sprinkled, sprinkling, n. v.t. 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,… …

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  • 3Sprinkle — Sprin kle (spr[i^][ng] k l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprinkled} ( k ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprinkling} ( kl[i^]ng).] [OE. sprenkelen, freq. of sprengen to sprinkle, to scatter, AS. sprengan, properly, to make to spring, causative of springan to… …

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  • 4sprinkle — [spriŋ′kəl] vt. sprinkled, sprinkling [ME sprinklen, akin to Ger sprenkeln: see SPARK1] 1. to scatter (water, sand, etc.) in drops or particles 2. a) to scatter drops or particles upon; cover or strew with a sprinkling b) to dampen before iro …

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  • 5water — [n] pure liquid hydrogen and oxygen Adam’s ale*, aqua, aqua pura*, drink, H2O, rain, rainwater, saliva, tears; concept 467 water [v] dampen; put water in baptize, bathe, damp, dilute, doctor, douse, drench, drool, flood, hose, imbue, inundate,… …

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  • 6water — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) A clear liquid and major component of all living things Nouns 1. water, moisture, wetness; drinking water, spring water, mineral water; sea or salt water, fresh water; serum, serosity; lymph; rheum;… …

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  • 7water — I n. 1) to draw, run water (for a bath) 2) to add water 3) to drink; sip water 4) to pour; spill water 5) to splash; sprinkle; squirt water on 6) to boil, sterilize; chlorinate; distill; filter; fluoridate; purify; soften water 7) to drain water… …

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  • 8sprinkle — verb ADVERB ▪ lightly ▪ evenly ▪ liberally (often figurative) ▪ The screenplay is liberally sprinkled with jokes. PREPOSITION …

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  • 9water-sprinkle — waˈter sprinˈkle noun (Spenser) 1. A spray of water 2. A sprinkle • • • Main Entry: ↑water …

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  • 10water — waterer, n. waterless, adj. waterlessly, adv. waterlessness, n. waterlike, adj. /waw teuhr, wot euhr/, n. 1. a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C …

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