sprinkle
part of speech
verb (sprinkle, sprinkles, sprinkled, sprinkling); noun (a sprinkle; sprinkles)
meaning for a pupil
1) To sprinkle is to scatter small drops or bits over something, like salt, sugar, water or seeds. tree →
2) A sprinkle is a small amount scattered. tree →
3) Sprinkles are tiny coloured sugar pieces for decorating cakes and ice cream. tree →
4) «It's sprinkling» means it is raining lightly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In cooking and art, children sprinkle sugar, cheese or glitter. In science and gardening, sprinklers spray water on lawns; seeds are sprinkled on soil. Phrases: «sprinkle with», «a sprinkle of», «rainbow sprinkles».
examples
- Sprinkle some cheese on top of the pasta. tree →
- She sprinkled seeds on the soil. tree →
- Can I have sprinkles on my ice cream? tree →
- It's only sprinkling, so we don't need umbrellas. tree →
- Sprinkle a little water on the plants. tree →
- We sprinkled glitter on our cards. tree →
- Then she sprinkles her lover's corpse with the water, and he revives. tree →
note
Past: «sprinkled». «Sprinkles» (US, Canada, Australia) are also called «hundreds and thousands» (UK, Australia, NZ). A «sprinkler» waters gardens. «Sprinkle» means a small amount, not a lot.
In the corpora
- Grit or sand sprinkled on an icy path gives shoes more grip.
- And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sprinkle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.