"oversprinkle" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-oversprinkle.wav Forms: oversprinkles [present, singular, third-person], oversprinkling [participle, present], oversprinkled [participle, past], oversprinkled [past]
Etymology: From over- + sprinkle. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|sprinkle}} over- + sprinkle Head templates: {{en-verb}} oversprinkle (third-person singular simple present oversprinkles, present participle oversprinkling, simple past and past participle oversprinkled)
  1. (transitive) To sprinkle over. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-oversprinkle-en-verb-9ih84Jgg Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 53 47
  2. (transitive, nonce word) To be sprinkled over (something). Tags: nonce-word, transitive
    Sense id: en-oversprinkle-en-verb-S1prlR6O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89

Inflected forms

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