SPRINKLE definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary If you sprinkle a thing with something such as a liquid or powder, you scatter the liquid or powder over it Sprinkle the meat with salt and place in the pan At the festival, candles are blessed and sprinkled with holy water
sprinkle verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . [transitive] to shake small pieces of something or drops of a liquid on something sprinkle A on onto over B Sprinkle chocolate on top of the cake She sprinkled sugar over the strawberries sprinkle B with A She sprinkled the strawberries with sugar The sheets and pillows were sprinkled with lavender water Sprinkle the meat lightly with salt
SPRINKLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Someone who says that it is sprinkling means it is raining lightly We might get a sprinkle today The book has questions sprinkled throughout; these are numbered and set aside from the flow of the text One of them sprinkles holy water as a ritual gesture
SPRINKLE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com verb (used without object) sprinkled, sprinkling to scatter or disperse liquid, a powder, etc , in drops or particles to be sprinkled to rain slightly (often used impersonally with it as subject) It may sprinkle this evening