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Sprinkling

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Broader term 3

Baptism 76% connected

The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Shower 76% connected

One who shows or exhibits.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Watering 76% connected

of Water

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Besprinkle 74% connected

To sprinkle over; to scatter over.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Besprinkle 74% connected

To sprinkle over; to scatter over.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disperse 74% connected

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disperse 74% connected

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Aspersion 92% connected

A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scattering 92% connected

of Scatter

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sparge 92% connected

To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sprinkle 92% connected

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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