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puddle

[puhd-l]

noun

  1. a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.

  2. a small pool of any liquid.

  3. 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)

puddled, puddling 
  1. to mark or scatter with puddles.

  2. to wet with dirty water, mud, etc.

  3. to make (water) muddy or dirty.

  4. to muddle or confuse.

  5. to make (clay or the like) into puddle.

  6. to cover with pasty clay or puddle.

  7. Metallurgy.to subject (molten iron) to the process of puddling.

  8. to destroy the granular structure of (soil) by agricultural operations on it when it is too wet.

  9. 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)

puddled, puddling 
  1. to wade in a puddle.

    The children were puddling.

  2. to be or become puddled.

    The backyard was puddling.

puddle

/ ˈʌə /

noun

  1. a small pool of water, esp of rain

  2. a small pool of any liquid

  3. a worked mixture of wet clay and sand that is impervious to water and is used to line a pond or canal

  4. rowing the patch of eddying water left by the blade of an oar after completion of a stroke

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to make (clay, etc) into puddle

  2. (tr) to subject (iron) to puddling

  3. (intr) to dabble or wade in puddles, mud, or shallow water

  4. (intr) to mess about

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • puddler noun
  • puddly adjective
  • unpuddled adjective
  • ˈܻ noun
  • ˈܻ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of puddle1

1300–50; (noun) Middle English puddel, podel, pothel, apparently diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, furrow (akin to Low German pudel puddle); (v.) late Middle English pothelen, derivative of the noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of puddle1

C14 podel, diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, of obscure origin
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A 12-year-old boy fell to his death at Ireland's Cliffs of Moher after slipping in a puddle close to the edge, an inquest has heard.

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“I sometimes liken it to the experience of watching a muddy puddle,” Jungaberle told Salon in a video call.

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A woman lotions her legs in the locker room, cream dripping down her shins like smoke and pooling in a puddle beneath her.

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Every fortnight, Samii Wood snuggles up with a group of strangers for a "cuddle puddle".

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I halved them, added a splash of vanilla, a drizzle of honey, a pinch of sea salt, and roasted them until their edges browned and the juices pooled in syrupy puddles.

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