sprinkle

sprinkle
    n 1: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others
         nearby [syn: {scattering}, {sprinkle}, {sprinkling}]
    2: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a
       sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the
       malt" [syn: {sprinkle}, {sprinkling}, {sparge}]
    v 1: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the
         wagon" [syn: {scatter}, {sprinkle}, {dot}, {dust},
         {disperse}]
    2: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force;
       "She splashed the water around her" [syn: {sprinkle},
       {splash}, {splosh}]
    3: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
       [syn: {sprinkle}, {spit}, {spatter}, {patter}, {pitter-
       patter}]
    4: scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" [syn:
       {sprinkle}, {sparge}, {besprinkle}]
    

Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\, v. i.
   1. To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may
      fall in particles.
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            And the priest shall . . . sprinkle of the oil with
            his finger seven times before the Lord. --Lev. xiv.
                                                  16.
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   2. To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now
      and then; as, it sprinkles.
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   3. To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.
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Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\, n.
   1. A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a
      sprinkling.
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   2. A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler. [Obs.]
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Sprinkle \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 spring; akin to D. sprenkelen to
   sprinkle, G. sprengen. See {Spring}, v. i., and cf.
   {Sprent}.]
   1. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed,
      etc.
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   2. To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops
      or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth
      with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.
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   3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small
      quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
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            Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
                                                  --Heb. x. 22.
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122 Moby Thesaurus words for "sprinkle":
      Scotch mist, asperge, asperse, band, baptize, bar, bedew,
      bespangle, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, blood rain,
      blotch, bread, check, checker, christen, crumb, dabble, damp,
      dampen, dapple, dash, dew, dip, dot, douche, dredge, drizzle, drum,
      dust, evening mist, fall, flake, fleck, flour, flurry, foam,
      freckle, froth, gout of rain, harlequin, hose, hose down, humect,
      humectate, humidify, immerse, iris, irrigate, maculate, marble,
      marbleize, mist, misty rain, mizzle, moisten, moisture, motley,
      mottle, paddle, patter, pelt, pepper, pimple, pitter-patter, plash,
      polychrome, polychromize, pour, pour with rain, powder,
      precipitate, precipitation, rain, rain tadpoles, rainbow, raindrop,
      rainfall, rainwater, scatter, shake, sheet of rain, shower,
      shower down, slobber, slop, slosh, spangle, sparge, spatter, speck,
      speckle, spindrift, spit, splash, splatter, splotch, sponge, spot,
      spray, spume, stigmatize, stipple, streak, stream, strew, striate,
      stripe, stud, swash, syringe, tattoo, tessellate,
      unfrozen hydrometeor, variegate, vein, water, weep, wet,
      wet down