sprinkle

/ˈspɹɪŋkəl/ · noun

Meaning

A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
A light rain shower.
An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.
To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
To rain very lightly outside.
To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.

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