Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sprinkle
Sprinkle
sprinkle
v. & n. --v.tr. 1 scatter (liquid, ashes, crumbs, etc.) in small drops or particles. 2 (often foll. by with) subject (the ground or an object) to sprinkling with liquid etc. 3 (of liquid etc.) fall on in this way. 4 distribute in small amounts. --n. (usu. foll. by of) 1 a light shower. 2 = SPRINKLING. Etymology: ME, perh. f. MDu. sprenkelen
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I. verb (~d; sprinkling) Etymology: Middle English sprenklen, sprinclen; akin to Middle High German spreckel, sprenkel spot Date: 14th century transitive verb to scatter in drops or particles, 2. to scatter over, to scatter at intervals in or among ; dot , to wet lightly, intransitive verb to scatter a liquid in fine drops, to rain lightly in scattered drops, ~r noun II. noun Date: 1641 the act or an instance of sprinkling, sprinkling, small particles of candy used as a topping (as on ice cream) ; jimmies ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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