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Sprinkled

To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).

📖 Definitions of "Sprinkled"

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."
2
To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
"The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar."
3
To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
"It sprinkled outside all day long."
4
To rain very lightly outside.
"It sprinkled very early in the morning."

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
wetnoun	Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
besprent	(archaic) besprinkled

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
besprent	(archaic) besprinkled
wetverb	(transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
projected	displayed
proposed	Suggested or planned but not yet implemented.
screenedverb	To filter by passing through a screen.
sprentverb	(intransitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To leap; bound; move quickly; dart
strewn	(used with `with' or in combination) covered by or as if by something scattered over or on
scattered	Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
spattered	covered patchily; often used in combination
splattered	covered patchily; often used in combination
speckled	Marked with dots or spots, spotted.
dotted	(of a line) Made up of a series of dots.
dousedverb	(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
peppered	Seasoned with pepper.
showeredverb	To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
drizzledverb	(impersonal) To rain lightly.
dustedverb	(transitive) To remove dust from.
broadcastnoun	Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means.
besprinkled	Sprinkled.
sprayed	(UK, dialect, obsolete) chapped with cold