sparge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of sprinkling or splashing water
    sprinkling; sprinkle.
    • baptized with a sprinkling of holy water
    • a sparge of warm water over the malt
  2. verb agitate by introducing air or compressed gas
    • sparge the water
  3. verb scatter with liquid; wet lightly
    sprinkle; besprinkle.
    • Sprinkle the lawn

WordNet

Sparge transitive verb
Etymology
L. spargere; cf. F. asperger.
Definitions
  1. To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.

Webster 1913