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puddle
[ puhd-l ]
noun
- a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- a small pool of any liquid.
- clay or the like mixed with water and tempered, used as a waterproof lining for the walls of canals, ditches, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to mark or scatter with puddles.
- to wet with dirty water, mud, etc.
- to make (water) muddy or dirty.
- to muddle or confuse.
- to make (clay or the like) into puddle.
- to cover with pasty clay or puddle.
- Metallurgy. to subject (molten iron) to the process of puddling.
- to destroy the granular structure of (soil) by agricultural operations on it when it is too wet.
- Horticulture. to dip the roots of (a tree, shrub, etc.) into a thin mixture of loam and water to retard drying out during transplanting.
verb (used without object)
- to wade in a puddle:
The children were puddling.
- to be or become puddled:
The backyard was puddling.
puddle
/ ˈʌə /
noun
- a small pool of water, esp of rain
- a small pool of any liquid
- a worked mixture of wet clay and sand that is impervious to water and is used to line a pond or canal
- rowing the patch of eddying water left by the blade of an oar after completion of a stroke
verb
- tr to make (clay, etc) into puddle
- tr to subject (iron) to puddling
- intr to dabble or wade in puddles, mud, or shallow water
- intr to mess about
Derived Forms
- ˈܻ, noun
- ˈܻ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ܻd noun
- ܻd adjective
- ܲ·ܻd adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of puddle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of puddle1
Example Sentences
We didn’t have a plan, just each other and the puddled roads.
This show commits both sins, introducing our burglar as he wakes up on his neighbor’s floor, his expensive haircut resting in a puddle of blood.
"I want to be surrounded by the people I love and just have everybody hold me in a giant cuddle puddle and get to take my last breath, surrounded by love and support," she says.
The plumbing broke, spraying raw sewage puddles on the floor.
Mrs Pyrah had been trying to avoid a puddle near a pond by walking through an area that she thought had a "dry crusted top".
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