sprinkling
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sprinkling
verb
- present participle and gerund of sprinkle
noun sprinklings
- The action of the verb to sprinkle.
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A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to something.
Among the devotees […] were persons who suffered from loathsome skin diseases, such as smallpox, abscesses, and the itch; and among them there was a fair sprinkling of debauchees, who had drunk themselves nearly blind and hoped to recover the use of their precious eyes by parading for a month in thi
Similar: dusting, smattering, sprinkle, ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, continental, bit, crumb
- A light shower of rain.
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A scattering.
Similar: diffusion, dispersion, spatter, spread, strewing
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noun a thin distribion of something
| Deutsch | Einsprengsel, Prise, einige Wenige, Anstrich |
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noun the action of the verb to sprinkle
| Español | aspersión |
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noun a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled
| Deutsch | Streuen, Streuung, Ausstreuen, Ausstreuung, Bestreuen, Bestreuung |
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noun a light shower of rain
| Deutsch | Sprühregen, Nieseln, Nieselregen |
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noun a scattering
| Deutsch | Streuung, Zerstreuung |
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