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Detailed Synonyms for sprinkle in English

sprinkle:

to sprinkle verbe (sprinkles, sprinkled, sprinkling)

  1. to sprinkle
    to pour; to sprinkle
    • pour verbe (pours, poured, pouring)
    • sprinkle verbe (sprinkles, sprinkled, sprinkling)
  2. to sprinkle
    to sprinkle; to strew
    • sprinkle verbe (sprinkles, sprinkled, sprinkling)
    • strew verbe (strews, strewed, strewing)
  3. to sprinkle
    to sprinkle; to wet; to water
    • sprinkle verbe (sprinkles, sprinkled, sprinkling)
    • wet verbe (wets, wetted, wetting)
    • water verbe (waters, watered, watering)
  4. to sprinkle
    to spread; to disperse; to scatter; cast around; to sprinkle; to strew about; to sow; to toss about
    • spread verbe (spreads, spread, spreading)
    • disperse verbe (disperses, dispersed, dispersing)
    • scatter verbe (scatters, scattered, scattering)
    • cast around verbe
    • sprinkle verbe (sprinkles, sprinkled, sprinkling)
    • strew about verbe (strews about, strewed about, strewing about)
    • sow verbe (sows, sowed, sowing)
    • toss about verbe (tosses about, tossed about, tossing about)
  5. to sprinkle
    – scatter with liquid; wet lightly 1
    to sprinkle; besprinkle; sparge
    – scatter with liquid; wet lightly 1
  6. to sprinkle
    – cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force 1
    to splash; to sprinkle; splosh
    – cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force 1
    • splash verbe (splashs, splashed, splashing)
      • She splashed the water around her1
    • sprinkle verbe (sprinkles, sprinkled, sprinkling)
    • splosh verbe
  7. to sprinkle
    – distribute loosely 1
    to disperse; to scatter; to dust; to dot; to sprinkle
    – distribute loosely 1
    • disperse verbe (disperses, dispersed, dispersing)
    • scatter verbe (scatters, scattered, scattering)
      • He scattered gun powder under the wagon1
    • dust verbe (dusts, dusted, dusting)
    • dot verbe (dots, dotted, dotting)
    • sprinkle verbe (sprinkles, sprinkled, sprinkling)
  8. to sprinkle
    – rain gently 1
    to spit; to sprinkle; to spatter; to patter; pitter-patter
    – rain gently 1
    • spit verbe (spits, spat, spitting)
    • sprinkle verbe (sprinkles, sprinkled, sprinkling)
      • It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick1
    • spatter verbe (spatters, spattered, spattering)
    • patter verbe (patters, pattered, pattering)

Conjugations for sprinkle:

present
  1. sprinkle
  2. sprinkle
  3. sprinkles
  4. sprinkle
  5. sprinkle
  6. sprinkle
simple past
  1. sprinkled
  2. sprinkled
  3. sprinkled
  4. sprinkled
  5. sprinkled
  6. sprinkled
present perfect
  1. have sprinkled
  2. have sprinkled
  3. has sprinkled
  4. have sprinkled
  5. have sprinkled
  6. have sprinkled
past continuous
  1. was sprinkling
  2. were sprinkling
  3. was sprinkling
  4. were sprinkling
  5. were sprinkling
  6. were sprinkling
future
  1. shall sprinkle
  2. will sprinkle
  3. will sprinkle
  4. shall sprinkle
  5. will sprinkle
  6. will sprinkle
continuous present
  1. am sprinkling
  2. are sprinkling
  3. is sprinkling
  4. are sprinkling
  5. are sprinkling
  6. are sprinkling
subjunctive
  1. be sprinkled
  2. be sprinkled
  3. be sprinkled
  4. be sprinkled
  5. be sprinkled
  6. be sprinkled
diverse
  1. sprinkle!
  2. let's sprinkle!
  3. sprinkled
  4. sprinkling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

sprinkle [the ~] nom

  1. the sprinkle
    – the act of sprinkling or splashing water 1
    the sprinkle; the sprinkling; the sparge
    – the act of sprinkling or splashing water 1
    • sprinkle [the ~] nom
      • baptized with a sprinkling of holy water1
    • sprinkling [the ~] nom
      • baptized with a sprinkling of holy water1
    • sparge [the ~] nom
      • a sparge of warm water over the malt1
  2. the sprinkle
    – a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby 1
    the sprinkle; the sprinkling; the scattering
    – a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby 1

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Related Definitions for "sprinkle":

  1. the act of sprinkling or splashing water1
    • baptized with a sprinkling of holy water1
  2. a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby1
  3. scatter with liquid; wet lightly1
  4. cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force1
  5. distribute loosely1
  6. rain gently1
    • It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick1

Related Synonyms for sprinkle