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sparge

 (spärj)
tr.v. sparged, sparg·ing, sparg·es
1. To spray or sprinkle.
2. To run additional water through (a partly or completely drained mash) to extract more fermentable sugars.
3. To introduce air or gas into (a liquid).
n.
A sprinkle.

[Obsolete French espargier, from Old French, from Latin spargere.]

sparg′er n.
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sparge

(spɑːdʒ)
vb
rare to sprinkle or scatter (something)
[C16: from Latin spargere to sprinkle]
ˈsparger n
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sparge

(spɑrdʒ)

v. sparged, sparg•ing,
n. v.t., v.i.
1. to scatter or sprinkle.
n.
2. a sprinkling.
[1550–60; < Latin spargere]
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sparge


Past participle: sparged
Gerund: sparging

Imperative
sparge
sparge
Present
I sparge
you sparge
he/she/it sparges
we sparge
you sparge
they sparge
Preterite
I sparged
you sparged
he/she/it sparged
we sparged
you sparged
they sparged
Present Continuous
I am sparging
you are sparging
he/she/it is sparging
we are sparging
you are sparging
they are sparging
Present Perfect
I have sparged
you have sparged
he/she/it has sparged
we have sparged
you have sparged
they have sparged
Past Continuous
I was sparging
you were sparging
he/she/it was sparging
we were sparging
you were sparging
they were sparging
Past Perfect
I had sparged
you had sparged
he/she/it had sparged
we had sparged
you had sparged
they had sparged
Future
I will sparge
you will sparge
he/she/it will sparge
we will sparge
you will sparge
they will sparge
Future Perfect
I will have sparged
you will have sparged
he/she/it will have sparged
we will have sparged
you will have sparged
they will have sparged
Future Continuous
I will be sparging
you will be sparging
he/she/it will be sparging
we will be sparging
you will be sparging
they will be sparging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sparging
you have been sparging
he/she/it has been sparging
we have been sparging
you have been sparging
they have been sparging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sparging
you will have been sparging
he/she/it will have been sparging
we will have been sparging
you will have been sparging
they will have been sparging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sparging
you had been sparging
he/she/it had been sparging
we had been sparging
you had been sparging
they had been sparging
Conditional
I would sparge
you would sparge
he/she/it would sparge
we would sparge
you would sparge
they would sparge
Past Conditional
I would have sparged
you would have sparged
he/she/it would have sparged
we would have sparged
you would have sparged
they would have sparged
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sparge - the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"
watering - wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"
Verb1.sparge - agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; "sparge the water"
shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
2.sparge - scatter with liquidsparge - scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn"
wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face"
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The resulting solution was sparged with bone-dry [C0.sub.2] gas for 45 min, yielding a white precipitate that was isolated by vacuum filtration and washed with hexanes (3 x 5 ml).
The solution is then run off into the copper and the mash tun is "sparged" at a high temperature to extract more sugar and stop the microbiological process.
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