sprinkle

1. A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby (synset 111526585)
   is a type of: rain shower, shower - a brief period of precipitation
   same as: scattering, sprinkling
2. The act of sprinkling or splashing water (synset 100279399)
   "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"
   is a type of: watering - wetting with water
   same as: sparge, sprinkling

1. Distribute loosely (synset 201378910)
   "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
   is a type of: discharge - pour forth or release
   subtypes:

   • spray - scatter in a mass or jet of droplets
   • spray - be discharged in sprays of liquid
   • plash, spatter, splash, splatter, splosh, swash - dash a liquid upon or against
   • splash, splosh, sprinkle - cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
   • bespangle - dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects
   • aerosolise, aerosolize - disperse as an aerosol
   same as: disperse, dot, dust, scatter
2. Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force (synset 201377432)
   "She splashed the water around her"
   is a type of: disperse, dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle - distribute loosely
   subtypes:

   • salt - sprinkle as if with salt
   • drizzle, moisten - moisten with fine drops
   same as: splash, splosh
3. Rain gently (synset 202763786)
   "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
   is a type of: rain, rain down - precipitate as rain
   same as: patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit
4. Scatter with liquid;
   Wet lightly (synset 200229081)
   "Sprinkle the lawn"
   is a type of: wet - cause to become wet
   same as: besprinkle, sparge

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