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puddle

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: puddle

1
 nv
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
make into a puddle
2
 vn
work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
3
 v
dip into mud before planting
4
 v
mix up or confuse
5
 v
eliminate urine
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: puddle
1

n a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid

“there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain”
Synonyms:
pool
Types:
billabong
a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
mud puddle
a puddle of mud
wallow
a puddle where animals go to wallow
Type of:
body of water, water
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

n something resembling a pool of liquid

“his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines”
Synonyms:
pool
Type of:
place, spot, topographic point
a point located with respect to surface features of some region

v make into a puddle

“puddled mire”
Synonyms:
muddle
Type of:
rile, roil
make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

v make a puddle by splashing water

Type of:
plash, spatter, splash, splatter, splosh, swash
dash a liquid upon or against

v wade or dabble in a puddle

“The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard”
Type of:
wade
walk (through relatively shallow water)

v mess around, as in a liquid or paste

“The children are having fun puddling in paint”
Type of:
mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
2

v work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

Type of:
bundle, compact, pack, wad
compress into a wad

v subject to puddling or form by puddling

“puddle iron”
Type of:
forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work
make something, usually for a specific function

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

Type of:
covering material
a material used by builders to cover surfaces
3

v dip into mud before planting

“puddle young plants”
Type of:
plant, set
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
4

v mix up or confuse

Synonyms:
addle, muddle
Type of:
confuse, jumble, mix up
assemble without order or sense
5

v eliminate urine

Synonyms:
make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee
urinate
pass after the manner of urine
ca-ca, crap, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit
have a bowel movement
Types:
wet
make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
stale
urinate, of cattle and horses
Type of:
egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
eliminate from the body
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