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Sprinkle
Answer for the clue "Sprinkle ", 6 letters:
sparge
Word definitions for sparge in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sparge \Sparge\, v. t. [L. spargere; cf. F. asperger.] To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; "sparge the water" scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" [syn: sprinkle , besprinkle ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To sprinkle or spray 2 To introduce bubbles into a liquid
Usage examples of sparge.
Hearing the varied patterns of leaf drops, the sparge of ferns, the irregular rhythm of vine-sprinklings, he experienced power.
Hot water is sparged through the deep bed of husks and spent grains to wash out any extractives remaining.
Then it dawned on him that the thing on the other side of the hedge was only a robed assemblage of ribs and femurs and vertebrae if viewed from one point of view but, if looked at slightly differently, was equally just a complexity of sparging arms and reciprocating levers that had been covered by a tarpaulin which was now blowing off.
Hot water is sparged through the deep bed of husks and spent grains to wash out any extractives remaining.