'Sprinkling' definitions:
Definition of 'sprinkling'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his temples" [syn: scattering, sprinkling]
noun
A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby [syn: scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling]
noun
The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn: aspersion, sprinkling]
noun
Definition of 'Sprinkling'
From: GCIDE
- Sprinkling \Sprin"kling\ (-kl[i^]ng), n.
- 1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. [1913 Webster]
- Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like separate drops, or as if scattered like drops. --Craik. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sprinkling'
From: GCIDE
- Sprinkle \Sprin"kle\ (spr[i^][ng]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sprinkled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Sprinkling (-kl[i^]ng).] [OE. sprenkelen, freq. of sprengen to sprinkle, to scatter, AS. sprengan, properly, to make to spring, causative of springan to spring; akin to D. sprenkelen to sprinkle, G. sprengen. See Spring, v. i., and cf. Sprent.]
- 1. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify. [1913 Webster]
- Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. --Heb. x. 22. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sprinkling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a few,
- affusion,
- aspergation,
- aspersion,
- attenuation,
- baptism,
- baptismal gown,
- baptismal regeneration,
- baptistery,
- baptizement,
- bath,
- bathing,
- bedewing,
- broadcast,
- broadcasting,
- cast,
- chrismal,
- christening,
- circumfusion,
- dampening,
- damping,
- dash,
- deluge,
- dewing,
- diffraction,
- diffusion,
- dilution,
- dispensation,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- dissemination,
- dissipation,
- distribution,
- divergence,
- drowning,
- dust,
- evaporation,
- expansion,
- few,
- flooding,
- font,
- fragmentation,
- gleam,
- handful,
- hint,
- hosing,
- hosing down,
- humidification,
- idea,
- immersion,
- infusion,
- inkling,
- intimation,
- inundation,
- irrigation,
- laving,
- lick,
- limited number,
- look,
- moistening,
- only a few,
- peppering,
- piddling few,
- piddling number,
- powdering,
- propagation,
- publication,
- radiation,
- rinsing,
- sauce,
- scattering,
- scatterment,
- scintilla,
- seasoning,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shotgun pattern,
- sip,
- smack,
- small number,
- smatter,
- smattering,
- smell,
- soupcon,
- sowing,
- sparging,
- spark,
- spatter,
- spattering,
- spice,
- splashing,
- splattering,
- splay,
- spraying,
- spread,
- spreading,
- strain,
- streak,
- strewing,
- submersion,
- suggestion,
- sup,
- suspicion,
- swashing,
- taint,
- taste,
- tempering,
- thought,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- too few,
- total immersion,
- touch,
- trace,
- trickle,
- vestige,
- volatilization,
- watering,
- wetting