[{"word":"sprinkling","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes."},{"definition":"To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar."},{"definition":"To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"It sprinkled outside all day long."},{"definition":"To rain very lightly outside.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"It sprinkled very early in the morning."},{"definition":"To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The action of the verb to sprinkle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A small amount of (some liquid, powder or other fine substance) that is sprinkled on to something.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A light shower of rain.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sprinkle","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sprinkling"]}]