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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.
[Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd, ditch.]
pud′dly adj.
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
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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Past participle: puddled
Gerund: puddling
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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" 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" 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" | |
3. | puddle - dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants" | |
4. | puddle - work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud | |
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" | |
7. | puddle - make a puddle by splashing water | |
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9. | ![]() 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 ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" |
puddle
Translations
بِرْكَةبِرْكَه صَغيرَه
kalužlouže
pyt
lätäkkömuodostaa
lokva
libaúsztatópocsolyatócsa
pollur
水たまり
물웅덩이
bala
peļķe
kaluž
luža
pöl
หลุมบ่อ
vũng nước
puddle
n → Pfütze f (also euph)
puddle
(ˈpadl) noun a small, usually dirty, pool (of water). It had been raining, and there were puddles in the road.