Sprinkle

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
 * The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.
 * 1)  To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
 * 2)  To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.

Derived terms

 * sprinkler

Noun

 * 1) A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
 * He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.
 * 1) A light rain shower.

Synonyms

 * sprinkling

Derived terms

 * sugar sprinkles

Adverbs for Sprinkle
freshly; thickly; uniformly; liberally; profusely; delicately; sporadically.

Thesaurus
asperge, asperse, band, baptize, bar, bedew, bespangle, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, blood rain, blotch, bread, check, checker, christen, crumb, dabble, damp, dampen, dapple, dash, dew, dip, dot, douche, dredge, drizzle, drum, dust, evening mist, fall, flake, fleck, flour, flurry, foam, freckle, froth, gout of rain, harlequin, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, immerse, iris, irrigate, maculate, marble, marbleize, mist, misty rain, mizzle, moisten, moisture, motley, mottle, paddle, patter, pelt, pepper, pimple, pitter-patter, plash, polychrome, polychromize, pour, pour with rain, powder, precipitate, precipitation, rain, rain tadpoles, rainbow, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, scatter, shake, sheet of rain, shower, shower down, slobber, slop, slosh, spangle, sparge, spatter, speck, speckle, spindrift, spit, splash, splatter, splotch, sponge, spot, spray, spume, stigmatize, stipple, streak, stream, strew, striate, stripe, stud, swash, syringe, tattoo, tessellate, unfrozen hydrometeor, variegate, vein, water, weep, wet, wet down