vverb.contactdash a liquid upon or againstSynset:plash spatter splash splatter splosh swash
Examples:- The mother splashed the baby's face with water
Derivationally Related Form:swashsplashplashsplashingsplatterspatterspatteringsplattering
Hypernyms:disperse dot dust scatter sprinkle
Inherited Hypernyms:spatterscatterdischargespread
Direct Hyponyms:puddlesloshslosh aroundslushslush around
Full Troponyms:puddleslosh
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody with something | Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something with something
vverb.weatherrain gentlySynset:patter pitter-patter spatter spit sprinkle
Examples:- It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick
Derivationally Related Form:sprinklesprinkling
Hypernyms:rain rain down
Inherited Hypernyms:sprinklerainprecipitate
Sentence Frame:It is ---ing
vverb.contactspot, splash, or soilSynset:bespatter spatter
Examples:- The baby spattered the bib with food
Derivationally Related Form:spatter
Hypernyms:blob blot fleck spot
Inherited Hypernyms:spatterspotchange surfacechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- the bread with melted butter (apply to: spatter, bespatter)
adj satadj.allcovered with bright patches (often used in combination)Synset:dabbled splashed splattered
Examples:- waves dabbled with moonlight
- a blood-spattered room
- gardens splashed with color
- kitchen walls splattered with grease
Antonyms:bare
Inherited Hypernyms:dabbled
Similar to:covered