puddle

Definitions

1. 1noun

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

2. 2noun

   Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.

3. 3transitive verb

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

4. 4transitive verb

   To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.

5. 5transitive verb

   To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to.

6. 6transitive verb

   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.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To make a dirty stir.

8. 8noun

   something resembling a pool of liquid

   "he stood in a pool of light"

   "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"

   Synonyms

   pool
9. 9noun

   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"

   Synonyms

   pool
10. 10noun

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

11. 11verb

    eliminate urine

    "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"

    Synonyms

    makemicturatepeepiddlepissurinatewee
12. 12verb

    mix up or confuse

    "He muddled the issues"

    Synonyms

    addlemuddle
13. 13verb

    make a puddle by splashing water

14. 14verb

    make into a puddle

    "puddled mire"

    Synonyms

    muddle
15. 15verb

    mess around, as in a liquid or paste

    "The children are having fun puddling in paint"

16. 16verb

    work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

17. 17verb

    dip into mud before planting

    "puddle young plants"

18. 18verb

    subject to puddling or form by puddling

    "puddle iron"

19. 19verb

    wade or dabble in a puddle

    "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"