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SPARGE

Definition: SPARGE

SPARGE

Transitive verb

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Sparge \Sparge\, transitive verb. [Latin expression spargere; compare to French asperger.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: SPARGE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Vaporization

Bubble, sparge, effervesce, boil.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: SPARGE

Specialty definitions using "SPARGE": filter-press operatorMASH-FILTER OPERATOR, mash-filter-press operator. (references)
Non-English Usage: "SPARGE" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Italian (diffuses, disseminates, strews), Romanian (annihilate, batter, break, burst, chip away, chop, crack, crush, cut, dash, destroy, flaw, pick, rip, smash, snap, splinter, split).

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Expressions: SPARGE

Expressions using "SPARGE": brine sparge sparge ring type milk cooler. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SPARGE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sparge

10

air sparge

5

no sparge

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SPARGE

Language Translations for "SPARGE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

spërkat (asperse, bedew, besprinkle, damp, dampen, dash, dew, perfuse, plash, slosh, spatter, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, strew), nxjerr cikra. (various references)

   

Czech

  

pokropit (besprinkle, spatter, spray, sprinkle, water). (various references)

   

Danish

  

halsringskoeler for maelkejunger (sparge ring type milk cooler), brineoverrisling (brine sparge). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

pekelversproeing (brine sparge), bussenkoelring (sparge ring type milk cooler). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

suolaveden pirskotus (brine sparge), maitokannujen kaulusrengasjäähdytin (sparge ring type milk cooler). (various references)

   

French

  

refroidisseur de lait collier d'aspersion (sparge ring type milk cooler), rampe de répandage (sparge pipe), distributrice pour liquides (sparge pipe), aspersion de saumure (brine sparge). (various references)

   

German

  

Versprengen von Sole (brine sparge), Kannen-Ring-Rieselkuehler (sparge ring type milk cooler). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διασκορπισμός διαλύματος (brine sparge), ψύκτης γάλακτος με στεφάνη ψεκασμού (sparge ring type milk cooler). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

bekever. (various references)

   

Italian

  

raffreddatore del latte per aspersione a collare (sparge ring type milk cooler), pioggia di salamoia (brine sparge). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

argespay

   

Portuguese

  

refrigerador de leite com colar de aspersão (sparge ring type milk cooler), aspersão de salmoura (brine sparge). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

stropi (asperse, beddable, besmear, besmirch, dabble, damp, dash, drop, irrigate, perfuse, smear, smirch, spatter, speck, splash, splatter, splutter, spray, sprinkle, sputter, squirt, water), uda (bedew, damp, dip, douse, drench, irrigate, moisten, soak, souse, splash, spray, sprinkle, squirt, stain, steep, wash, water, wet). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

обрызгивать (asperse, besprinkle). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prskati (spatter, sprinkle, water), poprskati (bespatter, besprinkle, intersperse, slosh, splash, spray, sprinkle). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

refrigerador de leche de collar de aspersión (sparge ring type milk cooler), aspersión de salmuera (brine sparge). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ringhalskylare för mjölkkannor (sparge ring type milk cooler), köldbäraröverstrilning (brine sparge). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

окропляти (bedrop), оббризкувати (asperse, bedew, besprinkle, spatter, splash). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: SPARGE

Derivations

Words beginning with "SPARGE": sparged, sparger, spargers, sparges. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "SPARGE"

Words ending with "arge": Barge, marge. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SPARGE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gapers, gasper, grapes, pagers, parges.

Words within the letters "a-e-g-p-r-s"

-1 letter: agers, apers, apres, asper, gaper, gapes, gears, grape, grasp, pager, pages, pares, parge, parse, peags, pears, prase, presa, rages, rapes, reaps, sager, sarge, spare, spear, sprag.

-2 letters: ager, ages, aper, apes, apse, ares, arse, ears, eras, ergs, gaes, gape, gaps, gars, gasp, gear, page, pare, pars, pase, peag, pear, peas, pegs, rage.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-p-r-s"
 

+1 letter: gaspers, gawpers, grasped, grasper, pargets, presage, sparged, sparger, sparges.

 

+2 letters: asperges, earplugs, epigrams, garpikes, grapiest, grapnels, grapples, graspers, graupels, peerages, pergolas, plaguers, portages, presaged, presager, presages, primages, pugarees, rampages, resprang, spargers, speargun, spearing, trepangs, upgrades, warpages.

 

+3 letters: amperages, arpeggios, aspersing, bagpipers, creepages, disparage, dognapers, dragropes, epigraphs, escarping, gallopers, gapeworms, gazumpers, grampuses, graperies, grapeshot, graphemes, graphites, grapiness, graplines, grapplers, graspable, gunpapers, leapfrogs, megaspore, packagers, palsgrave, paragoges, parridges, parsonage, passenger, pasturage, paygrades, pegboards, pellagras, personage, pharynges, pillagers, playgoers, preassign, presagers, presaging, progerias, prophages, puggarees, rampagers, relapsing, repassage, repassing, repasting, reshaping, respacing, respading, scrappage, serigraph, spanglier, spearguns, spreading, trapesing, umpirages, upgathers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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