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puddle
[ puhd-l ]
noun
- a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- a small pool of any liquid.
- clay or the like mixed with water and tempered, used as a waterproof lining for the walls of canals, ditches, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to mark or scatter with puddles.
- to wet with dirty water, mud, etc.
- to make (water) muddy or dirty.
- to muddle or confuse.
- to make (clay or the like) into puddle.
- to cover with pasty clay or puddle.
- Metallurgy. to subject (molten iron) to the process of puddling.
- to destroy the granular structure of (soil) by agricultural operations on it when it is too wet.
- Horticulture. to dip the roots of (a tree, shrub, etc.) into a thin mixture of loam and water to retard drying out during transplanting.
verb (used without object)
- to wade in a puddle:
The children were puddling.
- to be or become puddled:
The backyard was puddling.
puddle
/ ˈpʌdəl /
noun
- a small pool of water, esp of rain
- a small pool of any liquid
- a worked mixture of wet clay and sand that is impervious to water and is used to line a pond or canal
- rowing the patch of eddying water left by the blade of an oar after completion of a stroke
verb
- tr to make (clay, etc) into puddle
- tr to subject (iron) to puddling
- intr to dabble or wade in puddles, mud, or shallow water
- intr to mess about
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Derived Forms
- ˈpuddly, adjective
- ˈpuddler, noun
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Other Words From
- puddler noun
- puddly adjective
- un·puddled adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of puddle1
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Origin of puddle1
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Example Sentences
May they all stand in a puddle and stick their tongues in a Prius charge port.
Then the lights went down on Bieber and his puddle of clothes.
And when he walks in, the place is dark, but he notices a puddle on the floor.
Puddle-jumping Cessnas are the only way in, and Land Rovers are the only way to get around.
For some of New Yorkers, though, the dating pool can be a puddle—thanks to the “culture of honor.”
Another man was sprawled on the gray broadloom of the reception room, a brownish puddle beneath his side.
He stepped over a puddle and stood beside Bud, peering down at the silent engine.
Then all the boys bent over the puddle, and scooped up great handfuls of water, and threw them over each other.
Mr. Wright, my Adjutant, saw one strike in a puddle between him and myself as we marched at the head of the Regiment.
On the perfect day I have been talking about she hunted up a sunlit puddle and indulged in the first wallow of the season.
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