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PUDDLE
pool, puddle
(noun) something resembling a pool of liquid; “he stood in a pool of light”; “his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines”
pool, puddle
(noun) a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; “there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain”; “the body lay in a pool of blood”
puddle
(noun) a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
(verb) eliminate urine; “Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug”
addle, muddle, puddle
(verb) mix up or confuse; “He muddled the issues”
puddle
(verb) make a puddle by splashing water
muddle, puddle
(verb) make into a puddle; “puddled mire”
puddle
(verb) mess around, as in a liquid or paste; “The children are having fun puddling in paint”
puddle
(verb) work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
puddle
(verb) dip into mud before planting; “puddle young plants”
puddle
(verb) subject to puddling or form by puddling; “puddle iron”
puddle
(verb) wade or dabble in a puddle; “The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
puddle (plural puddles)
A small pool of water, usually on a path or road. [from 14th c.]
(now dialectal) Stagnant or polluted water. [from 16th c.]
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight. [from 18th c.]
(rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
Verb
puddle (third-person singular simple present puddles, present participle puddling, simple past and past participle puddled)
To form a puddle.
To play or splash in a puddle.
(entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
To process iron, gold, etc, by means of puddling.
To line a canal with puddle (clay).
To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
Source: Wiktionary
Pud"dle, n. Etym: [OE. podel; cf. LG. pudel, Ir. & Gael. plod pool.]
1. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool. Spenser.
2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water. Puddle poet, a low or worthless poet. [R.] Fuller.
Pud"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Puddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Puddling.]
1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit. Shak.
2. (a) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water. (b) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to.
3. To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron. Ure. Puddled steel, steel made directly from cast iron by a modification of the puddling process.
Pud"dle, v. i.
Definition: To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] R. Junius.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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