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Meaning of 'puddle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Puddle [ n.]
- A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.
- Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.
2 . Puddle [ v. i.]
- To make a dirty stir.
3 . Puddle [ v. t.]
- To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
- To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
- To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to.
- 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.

Meaning of 'puddle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . puddle [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something resembling a pool of liquid
Example in sentence:
  • he stood in a pool of light;
  • his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines
Meaning (2):
- a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
Example in sentence:
  • the body lay in a pool of blood;
  • there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
3 . puddle [ v]
Meaning (3):
- eliminate urine
Example in sentence:
  • Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
Meaning (4):
- mix up or confuse
Example in sentence:
  • He muddled the issues
Meaning (5):
- subject to puddling or form by puddling
Example in sentence:
  • puddle iron
Meaning (6):
- dip into mud before planting
Example in sentence:
  • puddle young plants
Meaning (7):
- make into a puddle
Example in sentence:
  • puddled mire
Meaning (8):
- mess around, as in a liquid or paste
Example in sentence:
  • The children are having fun puddling in paint
Meaning (9):
- wade or dabble in a puddle
Example in sentence:
  • The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard

Nearby Words:

pud puddening pudder puddered puddering pudding pudding-headed puddle-ball puddle-bar puddled

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