'Puddle' definitions:

Definition of 'puddle'

From: WordNet
noun
A mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
noun
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" [syn: pool, puddle]
noun
Something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" [syn: pool, puddle]
verb
Wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"
verb
Subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"
verb
Dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants"
verb
Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
verb
Mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint"
verb
Make into a puddle; "puddled mire" [syn: muddle, puddle]
verb
Make a puddle by splashing water
verb
Mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [syn: addle, muddle, puddle]
verb
Eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water]

Definition of 'Puddle'

From: GCIDE
  • Puddle \Pud"dle\, v. i. To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] --R. Junius. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Puddle'

From: GCIDE
  • Puddle \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water. [1913 Webster]
  • Puddle poet, a low or worthless poet. [R.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Puddle'

From: GCIDE
  • Puddle \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). [1913 Webster]
  • Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Puddled steel, steel made directly from cast iron by a modification of the puddling process. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'puddle'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Puddle'