Found 3 items, similar to Sprinkling.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: sprinkle
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sprinkling
sprinkling
n 1: a small number dispersed haphazardly;
“the first scatterings
of green” [syn:
scattering]
2: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others
nearby [syn:
scattering,
sprinkle]
3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn:
aspersion]
4: the act of sprinkling or splashing water;
“baptized with a
sprinkling of holy water”;
“a sparge of warm water over
the malt” [syn:
sprinkle,
sparge]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sprinkling
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.
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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.
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3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small
quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
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Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
--Heb. x. 22.
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Sprinkling
\Sprin"kling\ (-kl[i^]ng), n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles.
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Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling
or effusion of water. --Ayliffe.
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2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles;
as, a sprinkling of rain or snow.
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3. Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like
separate drops, or as if scattered like drops. --Craik.
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