puddle

pud·dle

 (pŭd′l)

n.

1.

a. A small pool of water, especially rainwater.

b. A small pool of a liquid.

2. A tempered paste of wet clay and sand that serves as waterproofing when dry.

v. pud·dled, pud·dling, pud·dles

v.tr.

1. To make muddy.

2. To work (clay or sand) into a thick watertight paste.

3. To process (impure metal) by puddling.

v.intr.

To splash or dabble in or as if in a pool of liquid.

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[Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd, ditch.]

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pud′dly adj.

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puddle

(ˈpʌdəl)

n

1. a small pool of water, esp of rain

2. a small pool of any liquid

3. (Building) a worked mixture of wet clay and sand that is impervious to water and is used to line a pond or canal

4. (Rowing) rowing the patch of eddying water left by the blade of an oar after completion of a stroke

vb

5. (Building) (tr) to make (clay, etc) into puddle

6. (Metallurgy) (tr) to subject (iron) to puddling

7. (intr) to dabble or wade in puddles, mud, or shallow water

8. (intr) to mess about

[C14 podel, diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, of obscure origin]

ˈpuddler n

ˈpuddly adj

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pud•dle

(ˈpʌd l)

n., v. -dled, -dling. n.

1. a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.

2. a small pool of any liquid.

3. clay or the like mixed with water and tempered, used as a waterproof lining for the walls of canals, ditches, etc.

v.t.

4. to mark or scatter with puddles.

5. to wet with dirty water, mud, etc.

6. to make (water) muddy or dirty.

7. to muddle or confuse.

8. Metall. to subject (molten iron) to the process of puddling.

v.i.

9. to wade in a puddle.

10. to be or become puddled.

[1300–50; Middle English puddel, podel, pothel, appar. diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, furrow (akin to Low German pudel puddle)]

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puddle

Past participle: puddled
Gerund: puddling

Imperative

puddle

puddle

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	puddle - a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry covering material - a material used by builders to cover surfaces
	2.	puddle - 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" pool billabong - a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" mud puddle - a puddle of mud; "the children loved a mud puddle"
	3.	puddle - something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" pool place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
Verb	1.	puddle - wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard" wade - walk (through relatively shallow water); "Can we wade across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond"
	2.	puddle - subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron" shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
	3.	puddle - dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants" plant, set - put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
	4.	puddle - work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud wad, compact, pack, bundle - compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
	5.	puddle - mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint" monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, mess around, tinker, monkey, putter - do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
	6.	puddle - make into a puddle; "puddled mire" muddle rile, roil - make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
	7.	puddle - make a puddle by splashing water spatter, splatter, plash, swash, splash, splosh - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
	8.	puddle - mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" addle, muddle mix up, jumble, confuse - assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
	9.	puddle - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piss, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, make urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood" wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed" stale - urinate, of cattle and horses egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"

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puddle

noun pool, spill, splash, plash (literary) puddles of oil in the road

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Translations

بِرْكَةبِرْكَه صَغيرَه

kalužlouže

pyt

PfützeLachePfuhl

νερόλακκος

charco

lätäkkömuodostaa

flaque

lokva

libaúsztatópocsolyatócsa

pollur

pozzanghera

水たまり

물웅덩이

bala

peļķe

plas

pyttsøledam

kałuża

poça

лужаобмазка

kaluž

luža

pöl

หลุมบ่อ

su birikintisigölcük

vũng nước

水坑泥潭

puddle

[ˈpʌdl]

A. N → charco m

B. VT (Tech) → pudelar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

puddle

[ˈpʌd^əl] n → flaque f
puddles of oil → des flaques d'huile

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

puddle

n → Pfütze f (also euph)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

puddle

[ˈpʌdl] n → pozzanghera, pozza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

puddle

(ˈpadl) noun

a small, usually dirty, pool (of water). It had been raining, and there were puddles in the road. plassie بِرْكَه صَغيرَه локва poça louže die Pfütze pyt λακκούβα με βρομόνερα charco loik چالاب lätäkkö flaque d'eauשלולית छोटा सा तालाब pocsolya kubangan (forar)pollur pozzanghera 水たまり 물웅덩이 bala peļķe lopak plassøledam, vannpyttkałuża ډڼد poça băltoacă лужа, лужица mláka, kaluž luža bara pöl, vattenpuss แอ่งน้ำขนาดเล็ก su birikintisi, gölcük 泥潭，水坑 калюжа گندے پاني کا گڑھا vũng nước 泥潭，水坑

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

puddle

→ بِرْكَة kaluž pyt Pfütze νερόλακκος charco lätäkkö flaque lokva pozzanghera 水たまり 물웅덩이 plas pytt kałuża poça лужа pöl หลุมบ่อ su birikintisi vũng nước 水坑

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