Sprinkle
noun
- 1.
- (A ~ on onto over B) (a light rain) a light sprinkle ភ្លៀងរ៉ុយៗ, ភ្លៀងស្រិចៗ
Example: Mother sprinkled the clothes with warm water, Father sprinkled the garden, It started to sprinkle this morning, Mother put just a sprinkle of pepper in the soup.sprinkle of pepper ម្រេចមួយចិប
verb — past tense: sprinkled ; past participle: sprinkled ; present participle: sprinkling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to scatter or fail in small drops or particles, to scatter small drops, etc., on (a surface), to distribute at random) ស្រោច, ស្រប់, ច្រោះ, រលាស់ (ទឹក), សាប, ព្រោះ, ពង្រាយ, ដាក់រាយ, រោយ (ម្សៅ, ស្ករ ។ល។) ដាក់រាយរឺលំអដោយអន្លើ, ចាក់, បង្ហូរ sprinkle pepper រោយ, sprinkle clothes ជ្រោះ
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to scatter in drops, to rain lightly) (water) sprinkles បាច, សាច (ទឹក), It's go ing to sprinkle រលឹម, ភ្លៀងស្រិចៗ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.
- 2.
- A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler.
verb — past tense: sprinkled ; past participle: sprinkled ; present participle: sprinkling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles.
- 6.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.