to sprinkle
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1.1
- verb
- /ˈsprɪŋkəl/
:
rociar (líquido)
- Would you sprinkle some salt on the steps?
- sprinkle water
- sprinkle liberally
- sprinkle holy water
I tell people, sprinkle your day with it.
- I tell people, sprinkle your day with it.
- Also in the rice pot, I'm going to sprinkle some salt, maybe lots of salt.
- Good stuff sprinkled on top of bad stuff.
- And then we're going to just sprinkle a little bit of Hot Cheetos.
Examples
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The chef sprinkled fresh herbs over the pasta to enhance its flavor.
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Father took his bread out of the oven and immediately sprinkled glaze on the hot crust.
Fiction book (1994) -
Yeah, and then I always sprinkle this on top.
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I tell people, sprinkle your day with it.
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You just want to sprinkle it on top of your Angel Delight.
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Hold it like down over the bowl and now sprinkle and twist the cake pot.
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Okay, kids, you can't have candy for breakfast, but you can sprinkle some on top of your cereal.
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Mary deftly cuts the meat from the bone and sprinkles it with salt.
Fiction book (1992) -
The villagers sprinkled the water over the barren land.
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In desperation, his mother sprinkled holy water from Lourdes around his hospital room.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.0
To send out small drops of liquid to cover something
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2.8
To spread small things like leaves or seeds over an area without order
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4.4
To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area
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2.5
To cover something with a light layer of fine powder
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3.0
To appear as small marks across an area, like stars in the sky
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1.3
To spray or throw many small things over an area
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2.7
To pour a thin stream of liquid slowly over food
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5.5
To spray a small quick amount of liquid on something
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2.8
To spray fine drops of liquid onto something to moisten or cool it
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7.0
To spray a liquid into a fine mist
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8.8
To cover with small drops or spots like mud and paint
To scatter small drops or bits lightly over something
To sprinkle something lightly with water or another liquid
To fall as very light rain in small drops
To cover a surface by scattering things like papers or flowers
Phrasal Verbs
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Etymology
The word sprinkle comes from an old English word sprencan that meant 'to scatter in small drops', like the modern word spray. So to sprinkle something is to scatter tiny drops or particles over a surface.