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BESPRINKLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scatter with liquid; wet lightly

Example:

Sprinkle the lawn

Synonyms:

besprinkle; sparge; sprinkle

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "besprinkle" is one way to...):

wet (cause to become wet)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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