Meaning of "sprinkle"

sprinkle •

v.
• • 1. to scatter in drops or tiny bits: magsabog, sabugan, isabog, magkalat, kalatan, ikalat
  • 2. to spray or cover with small drops: magdilig, diligin, magwilig, wiligan, magwisik, wisikan
  • 3. to rain a little: umambon, umambun-ambon

n.
• • 1. a light rain: ambon
  • 2. spraying with water: wilig, pagwiwilig, dilig, pagdidilig, wisik, pagwiwisik

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water

n.
• • tubig

v.
• • 1. to sprinkle or wet with water: magdilig, diligin
  • 2. to give a drink to: magpainom, painumin
  • 3. to weaken by adding water: magbanto, bantuan
  • 4. to fill with water, to discharge water, e.g., the eyes: magpaluha, magluha, lumuha, mapaluha, paluhain, magtubig, magkatubig
  • 5. to discharge water, e.g. from the mouth: maglaway, papaglawayin water closet toilet flushed with water: inodoro, kumon, kubeta, palikuran, kasilyas

powder

n.
• • 1. a solid reduced to dust by pounding, crushing or grinding: pulbos
  • 2. face powder: pulbos sa mukha
  • 3. talcum powder: talko, talkom
  • 4. gunpowder: pulbura, pulbura

v.
• • 1. to make into powder: magpulbos, pumulbos, pulbusin, magdurog, dumurog, durugin, magligis, lumigis, ligisin
  • 2. to sprinkle or cover with powder: magpulbos, pulbusan
  • 3. to become powder: mapulbos, maligis

salt

n.
• • a white substance found in the earth and in sea water: asin

v.
• • 1. to mix or sprinkle with salt: magasin, asnan
  • 2. to preserve with salt: magburo, buruhin
  • 3. worth ones salt, worth ones support, wages, etc.: bale-bale
  • 4. not worth ones salt: bale-wala

strew

v.
• • 1. to scatter, to sprinkle: magsabog, sabugan, isabog
  • 2. to cover or be covered with something scattered: magbudbod, budburan, ibudbod, magkalat, ikalat, kalatan

scatter

v.
• • 1. to throw here and there, sprinkle: magsabog, isabog, sabugan, pasabugin
  • 2. to throw loosely about: magkalat, ikalat, kalatan
  • 3. to separate and drive off in different directions: bumulabog, bulabugin, papaghiwa-hiwalayin
  • 4. to separate and go in different directions: maghiwa-hiwalay, mabulabog

dilig

v.
• • magdilig, diligin, diligan (mag-:-in:-an) to sprinkle water on, to water (plants). Magdilig ka ng halaman araw-araw. Water the plants everyday.

wisik

v.
• • magwisik, wisikan (mag-:an) to spray liquid or sprinkle it lightly. Wisikan mo ng tubig ang mga bulaklak nang di malanta. Sprinkle the flowers with water so they won't wilt.

wilig

v.
• • magwilig, wiligan (mag-:an) to sprinkle water (on clothes to be pressed). Wiligan mo ang mga paplantsahin. Sprinkle the clothes to be ironed.

budbod

v.
• • magbudbod, ibudbod (mag-:i-) to sprinkle, to scatter, to sow. Magbudbod ka ng palay sa manok. Scatter palay for the chickens.