About The Word Puddle
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Puddle
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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. |
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