sprinkle

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To scatter in drops or particles: sprinkled sugar on the cereal.
2. v. To scatter drops or particles on.
3. v. To intersperse with something as if by scattering: sprinkled his speech with quotations.
4. v. To distribute or intersperse at random.
5. v. To scatter something in drops or particles.
6. v. To fall or rain in small or infrequent drops.
7. n. The act of sprinkling.
8. n. A light rainfall.
9. n. A small amount; a sprinkling.
10. n. Small particles of candy sprinkled on ice cream as a topping.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To scatter in drops or particles; let fall in minute quantities here and there; strew.
2. To besprinkle; bespatter or bestrew; overspread with drops or particles, as of a powder, liquid, coloring matter, etc.
3. To cleanse with drops, as of water; wash; purify.
4. To distribute here and there; diffuse.
5. To diversify by objects placed here and there over the surface; dot.
6. To issue in fine drops or particles; be sprinkled.
7. To send out sparks; scintillate; sparkle.
8. To rain slightly: used impersonally: as, does it sprinkle?
9. To scatter a liquid or any fine substance so that it may fall in small particles.
10. To dart hither and thither.
11. n. A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler; specifically, a brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspersorium.
12. n. A sprinkling, or falling in drops; specifically, a light rain.
13. n. That which is sprinkled about; hence, a scattering or slight amount; a sprinkling.
14. n. A light tinkling sound; a tinkle.
15. n. Milit., same as morning-star
16. To make intoxicated or tipsy.

Wiktionary

1. v. To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
2. v. To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
3. v. To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
4. n. A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
5. n. A light rain shower.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.
2. v. To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle.
3. v. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
4. v. To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles.
5. v. To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then.
6. v. To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.
7. n. A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.
8. n. A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
2. v. distribute loosely
3. v. rain gently
4. v. cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
5. v. scatter with liquid; wet lightly
6. n. the act of sprinkling or splashing water