verb Download 🔗Share To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance). Examples : "The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes." substance action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it. Examples : "The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar." action process food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically. Examples : "It sprinkled outside all day long." nature weather Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To rain very lightly outside. Examples : "It sprinkled very early in the morning." weather Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify. Examples : "The priest sprinkled holy water on the baby's forehead during the baptism ceremony. " religion ritual Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading