sparge

Borrowed from Middle French espargier, from Latin spargō (whence English sparse), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”).

• IPA^(key): /spɑɹd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑɹdʒ

sparge (third-person singular simple present sparges, present participle sparging, simple past and past participle sparged)

1. To sprinkle or spray.
2. (transitive) To introduce bubbles into (a liquid).

   Bubble machines sparge water for platform diving competitions to lessen the impact.

sparge (plural sparges)

1. (brewing) Synonym of lautering.

sparge (not comparable)

1. That sparges.

   sparge pipe

• Gasper, Grapes, gapers, gasper, grapes, pagers, parges

sparge

1. third-person singular present indicative of spargere

• sperga

sparge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of spargō

Inherited from Latin spargere (“scatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (“to scatter, to jerk”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈspar.d͡ʒe/

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• Rhymes: -ardʒe
• Hyphenation: spar‧ge

a sparge (third-person singular present sparge, past participle spart, third-person subjunctive spargă) 3rd conjugation

1. (transitive or reflexive) to break, burst, shatter, snap
2. (transitive) to break in
3. (transitive, computing, by extension) to hack
4. (transitive) to blow money (spend recklessly)
5. (of a gathering, reflexive, uncommon) to dissipate, end
6. (reflexive, slang, often in participle) to become stupefied by means of drugs

• crăpa, rupe, frânge

• spargere
• spart
• spărgător

• “sparge”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025