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Puddle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Puddle? [n] something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" [n] 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" [n] a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry [v] eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [v] mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [v] make a puddle by splashing water [v] make into a puddle; "puddled mire" [v] mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint" [v] work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud [v] dip into mud before planting, of young plants [v] subject to puddling, as of iron; form by puddling, as of metal [v] wade or dabble in a puddle, as of ducks or geese Synonyms \| Synonyms for Puddle: addle \| make \| make water \| micturate \| muddle \| muddle \| pass water \| pee \| pee-pee \| piddle \| piss \| pool \| pool \| relieve oneself \| spend a penny \| take a leak \| urinate \| wee \| wee-wee Related Terms \| Find terms related to Puddle: See Also \| billabong \| body of water \| bundle \| compact \| confuse \| covering material \| egest \| eliminate \| excrete \| forge \| form \| jumble \| mess around \| mix up \| mold \| monkey \| monkey around \| mould \| muck about \| muck around \| mud puddle \| pack \| pass \| place \| plant \| plash \| potter \| putter \| rile \| roil \| set \| shape \| spatter \| splash \| splatter \| splosh \| spot \| stale \| swash \| tinker \| topographic point \| wad \| wade \| water \| wet \| work Puddle In Webster's Dictionary \Pud"dle\, n. [OE. podel; cf. LG. pudel, Ir. & Gael. plod pool.] 1. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool. --Spenser. 2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water. {Puddle poet}, a low or worthless poet. [R.] --Fuller. \Pud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puddling}.] 1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit. --Shak. 2. (a) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water. (b) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to. 3. 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. {Puddled steel}, steel made directly from cast iron by a modification of the puddling process. \Pud"dle\, v. i. To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] --R. Junius.

Puddle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Puddle?

[n] something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
[n] 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"
[n] a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
[v] eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
[v] mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"
[v] make a puddle by splashing water
[v] make into a puddle; "puddled mire"
[v] mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint"
[v] work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
[v] dip into mud before planting, of young plants
[v] subject to puddling, as of iron; form by puddling, as of metal
[v] wade or dabble in a puddle, as of ducks or geese

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Puddle In Webster's Dictionary

\Pud"dle\, n. [OE. podel; cf. LG. pudel, Ir. & Gael. plod
pool.]
1. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a
   small pool. --Spenser.

2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked,
   when wet, to render it impervious to water.

{Puddle poet}, a low or worthless poet. [R.] --Fuller.


\Pud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Puddling}.]
1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt
   with (water).

         Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear
         spirit.                               --Shak.

2.
   (a) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working
       when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
   (b) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to
       apply puddle to.

3. 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.

{Puddled steel}, steel made directly from cast iron by a
   modification of the puddling process.


\Pud"dle\, v. i.
To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] --R. Junius.

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