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Meaning of sprinkling

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sprinkling
      n 1: a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the
           first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his
           temples" [syn: {scattering}, {sprinkling}]
      2: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others
         nearby [syn: {scattering}, {sprinkle}, {sprinkling}]
      3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn:
         {aspersion}, {sprinkling}]
      4: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a
         sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the
         malt" [syn: {sprinkle}, {sprinkling}, {sparge}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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