springe

/spɹɪnd͡ʒ/

springe means to sprinkle; to scatter.

springe is pronounced /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprenġan, sprenġċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną (“to cause to spring”). See sprinkle.

verb

To sprinkle; to scatter.
To catch in a springe; to ensnare.e.g.“By an active poacher who had hit a hare / From the other barrel, tired of springeing game” — 1866, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, and Other Poems, page 310:

noun

A snare.e.g.“Ay, springes to catch woodcocks” — c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggar

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

sprink 78% match — To sprinkle; splash vs springe →
besprenge 77% match — To sprinkle or scatter. vs springe →
sprent 69% match — To leap; bound; move quickly; dart vs springe →
bespurt 69% match — To spurt on or over; to sprinkle. vs springe →
asperge 69% match — To sprinkle. vs springe →
besprinkle 68% match — To sprinkle. vs springe →
springingly 66% match — In a springing manner; with springs or leaps. vs springe →
intersprinkle 66% match — To sprinkle among or between. vs springe →