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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun puddle has 3 senses
- puddle(n = noun.substance) Array - a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry; Array is a kind of covering material
- puddle(n = noun.object) pool - 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" has particulars: billabong, mud puddle
- puddle(n = noun.location) pool - something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" is a kind of place, spot, topographic point
Derived forms verb puddle4, verb puddle2
is a kind of body of water, water
Derived forms verb puddle7, verb puddle1
Verb puddle has 9 senses
- puddle(v = verb.motion) Array - wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard" is one way to wade
- puddle(v = verb.creation) Array - subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron" is one way to forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work
- puddle(v = verb.contact) Array - dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants" is one way to plant, set
- puddle(v = verb.contact) Array - work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud; Array is one way to bundle, compact, pack, wad
- puddle(v = verb.contact) Array - mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint" is one way to mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker
- puddle(v = verb.contact) muddle - make into a puddle; "puddled mire" is one way to rile, roil
- puddle(v = verb.contact) Array - make a puddle by splashing water; Array is one way to plash, spatter, splash, splatter, splosh, swash
- puddle(v = verb.cognition) addle, muddle - mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" is one way to confuse, jumble, mix up
- puddle(v = verb.body) make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" is one way to egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
Derived form noun puddle2
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue puddle
Derived forms noun puddle1, noun puddler1
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Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun puddle1
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Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived form noun puddle2
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Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
puddle, n. [OE. podel; cf. LG. pudel, Ir. & Gael. plod pool.].
- A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water. [1913 Webster]
puddle, v. t.
- To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). [1913 Webster]"Some unhatched practice . . .
Hath puddled his clear spirit." [1913 Webster] - To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
puddle, v. i.
To make a dirty stir. R. Junius. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
puddle, n. & v.
--n.
1 a small pool, esp. of rainwater on a road etc.
2 clay and sand mixed with water and used as a watertight covering for embankments etc.
3 a circular patch of disturbed water made by the blade of an oar at each stroke.
--v.
1 tr. a knead (clay and sand) into puddle. b line (a canal etc.) with puddle.
2 intr. make puddle from clay etc.
3 tr. stir (molten iron) to produce wrought iron by expelling carbon.
4 intr. a dabble or wallow in mud or shallow water. b busy oneself in an untidy way.
5 tr. make (water etc.) muddy.
6 tr. work (mixed water and clay) to separate gold or opal.
--n.
1 a small pool, esp. of rainwater on a road etc.
2 clay and sand mixed with water and used as a watertight covering for embankments etc.
3 a circular patch of disturbed water made by the blade of an oar at each stroke.
--v.
1 tr. a knead (clay and sand) into puddle. b line (a canal etc.) with puddle.
2 intr. make puddle from clay etc.
3 tr. stir (molten iron) to produce wrought iron by expelling carbon.
4 intr. a dabble or wallow in mud or shallow water. b busy oneself in an untidy way.
5 tr. make (water etc.) muddy.
6 tr. work (mixed water and clay) to separate gold or opal.
Derivative
puddler n. puddly adj.
Etymology
ME podel, puddel, dimin. of OE pudd ditch
THESAURUS
puddle
artificial lake, bayou lake, chuckhole, cistern, dam, dead water, dike, doodle, etang, farm pond, fishpond, freshwater lake, glacial lake, hog wallow, inland sea, lagoon, laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, linn, loblolly, loch, lough, mere, mess, mess around, millpond, millpool, muckhole, mud puddle, mudhole, nyanza, oxbow lake, plash, pond, pondlet, pool, potter, putter, reservoir, salina, salt pond, slop, slough, stagnant water, standing water, still water, sump, tank, tarn, tidal pond, tinker, volcanic lake, water hole, water pocket, wellROGET THESAURUS
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Lake
N gulf, lake, land covered with water, gulf, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou, fiord, armlet, frith, firth, ostiary, mouth, lagune, lagoon, indraught, cove, creek, natural harbor, roads, strait, narrows, Euripus, sound, belt, gut, kyles, continental slope, continental shelf, lake, loch, lough, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin, puddle, slab, well, artesian well, standing water, dead water, sheet of water, fish pond, mill pond, ditch, dike, dyke, dam, reservoir, alberca, barachois, hog wallow, lacustrine.
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