puddle

Plural: puddles

Noun

• a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
• a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
  • "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"
• something resembling a pool of liquid
  • "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
• A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
• Stagnant or polluted water.
• A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
• The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.

Verb

Verb Forms: puddled, puddling, puddles

• To strew with or create small pools of water.
• wade or dabble in a puddle
  • "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"
• subject to puddling or form by puddling
  • "puddle iron"
• dip into mud before planting
  • "puddle young plants"
• work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
• mess around, as in a liquid or paste
• make into a puddle
  • "puddled mire"
• make a puddle by splashing water
• mix up or confuse
• eliminate urine
• To form a puddle.
• To play or splash in a puddle.
• Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
• To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
• To line a canal with puddle (clay).
• To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
• To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
• To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

Examples

• He tried not to PUDDLE his thoughts, focusing on the available letters for a seven-letter word.

Synonyms

addle, make, make water, micturate, muddle, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, pool, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee

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