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Definition of Puddle

1. Verb. Wade or dabble in a puddle. "Sam and Sue puddle"; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"

2. Noun. A mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry.

3. Verb. Subject to puddling or form by puddling. "Puddle iron"

4. Noun. A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid. "The body lay in a pool of blood"

5. Verb. Dip into mud before planting. "Puddle young plants"

6. Noun. Something resembling a pool of liquid. "His chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"

7. Verb. Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud.

8. Verb. Mess around, as in a liquid or paste. "The children are having fun puddling in paint"

9. Verb. Make into a puddle. "Puddled mire"

10. Verb. Make a puddle by splashing water.

11. Verb. Mix up or confuse. "He muddled the issues"

12. Verb. Eliminate urine. "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"

Definition of Puddle

1. n. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.

2. v. t. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

3. v. i. To make a dirty stir.

Definition of Puddle

1. Noun. A small pool of water, usually on a path or road. ¹

2. Noun. (context: now dialectal) Stagnant or polluted water. ¹

3. Noun. A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight. ¹

4. Verb. To form a puddle. ¹

5. Verb. To play or splash in a puddle. ¹

6. Verb. To process iron by means of puddling. ¹

7. Verb. To line a canal with puddle (clay). ¹

8. Verb. To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Puddle

1. to strew with puddles (small pools of water) [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puddle

pudding basin pudding basin haircut pudding basins pudding berry pudding face pudding head pudding pipe tree pudding rice pudding stone puddingheaded

puddingless puddinglike puddings puddingwife puddingy puddle (current term) puddle-jumper puddle ball puddle bar puddle bars

puddle jumper puddle jumpers puddled puddler puddlers puddles puddley puddlier puddliest

Literary usage of Puddle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"A puddle wall should have a thickness of 8 or 10 feet at the level of the ... Where a puddle wall is employed, the material of which it is constructed is ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The embankments on either side of the puddle wall are merely to support the puddle and to keep it moist above the ground level when the reservoir is low. ..."

3. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"The trench is then filled either with puddle material built up the same as ... An excellent example of a puddle trench is that in the Ashti dam, India (Fig. ..."

4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1865)
"I heard the evidence given as to the mode in which the pipes were laid through the embankment. I expected to learn that the crossing of the puddle trench ..."

5. Manual of Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1893)
"puddle Walls and Faces.—The puddle wall is not considered as satisfactory nor ... The proper material for a puddle is not always obtainable, while water for ..."

6. Earthwork and Its Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1903)
"Where puddle is used to cover a large area, like the bottom of a reservoir, ... Such a puddle is as heavy as concrete and resists abrasion almost as well. ..."

7. Motor Vehicles and Their Engines: A Practical Handbook on the Care, Repair by Edward Smith Fraser, Ralph B. Jones (1922)
"For this reason they are called the puddle type of carburetor. ... KINGSTON — MODEL " Y " This carburetor was used on Ford Cars and is of the puddle type. ..."

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