sprinkle
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
Types & categories
- rain shower hypernym
Related & opposite
- patter derivation
Sense 2 verb
distribute loosely
He scattered gun powder under the wagon
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- strewing derivation
- scatter derivation
- sprinkling derivation
- dust derivation
- diffusinga derivation
Sense 3 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 4 verb
cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
She splashed the water around her
Types & categories
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Sense 5 verb
rain gently
It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick
Types & categories
- rain hypernym
Related & opposite
- sprinkle derivation
Sense 6 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 | patter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rain shower |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dust |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffusinga |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | discharge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spray |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spray |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spatter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | splash |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bespangle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | aerosolize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | besprinkle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | splash |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | watering |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | splashing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | splashing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | splash |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sprinkle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | salt |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | drizzle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkle |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | rain |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparge |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkler |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | wet |