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To mark, spot or scatter with small spots, marks or dots
“Pour the soup in bowls, sprinkle the surface with toasted sesame seeds, and serve with sesame crackers.”
To scatter over something or an area
“Grandma Giselle would sprinkle the seeds in the dirt and cover them up to grow crops.”
To scatter or drop small drops or particles of a liquid over an object or surface
“When the wind blows, they sprinkle some water on it to prevent the dust from blowing about.”
To make slightly wet
To fall or let fall in drops of liquid
To give or add flavor to by seasoning
To throw or launch something in a given direction
To fall or cause to fall in large or overwhelming quantities like, or as of, rain
To diffuse, radiate or give off
A small amount or number, especially of something sprinkled
“Give them just a sprinkle of salt and a bit of pepper, put a bit of butter on each, and place them in the oven.”
A fall of rain, especially one that is light or brief
“Fortunately, the hard rain had slowed to a light sprinkle.”
A small amount of something
An obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles
A small portion of food or drink taken as a sample
A small discoloration on the skin or a surface
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