sparge
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of sprinkling or splashing water
baptized with a sprinkling of holy water
Types & categories
- watering hypernym
Related & opposite
- besprinkle derivation
- splash derivation
Sense 2 verb
agitate by introducing air or compressed gas
sparge the water
Types & categories
- shake hypernym
Sense 3 verb
scatter with liquid; wet lightly
Sprinkle the lawn
Types & categories
- wet hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | besprinkle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | splash |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | watering |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shake |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkler |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | wet |