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puddle
1 of 2
noun
pud·dle
ˈpə-dᵊl
Synonyms of puddle
1
: a very small pool of usually dirty or muddy water
2
a
: an earthy mixture (as of clay, sand, and gravel) worked while wet into a compact mass that becomes impervious to water when dry
b
: a thin mixture of soil and water for puddling plants
puddle
2 of 2
verb
puddled; puddling
ˈpəd-liŋ
ˈpə-dᵊl-iŋ
intransitive verb
: to dabble or wade around in a puddle
transitive verb
1
: to make muddy or turbid : muddle
2
a
: to work (a wet mixture of earth or concrete) into a dense impervious mass
b
: to subject (iron) to the process of puddling
3
a
: to strew with puddles
b
: to compact (soil) especially by working when too wet
c
: to dip the roots of (a plant) in a thin mud before transplanting
puddler
ˈpəd-lər
ˈpə-dᵊl-ər
noun
Synonyms
Noun
billabong [Australian]
mere [chiefly British]
pool
stank [British dialect]
well
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Examples of puddle in a Sentence
Noun
She accidentally stepped in a puddle and got her shoes wet.
After the storm, the road was covered in deep puddles.
Recent Examples on the WebNoun
Is there anything more frustrating than putting on a new pair of boots in the colder months, and then, inadvertently, stepping into an ankle-deep sidewalk puddle of sludge?
—Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2024
Multiple voices and instruments Antonoff’s open-hearted ode, with the saxophone blasts that have highlighted recent Bleachers singles turned into wandering thoughts and feelings; soon enough, the song collapses into a warm puddle of guitar, capturing a feeling of exhausted contentment.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2024
Attendees in ball gowns with spindly heels and long trains had to navigate not only puddles and potholes, but also curious onlookers, tourists, and joggers who seemed to have absolutely no idea what was going on.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2024
Avoid puddles — Driving into puddles or low rainwater areas can lead to vehicles hydroplaning or losing control.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
Alex and Dietz stood in front of a giant flowerpot moated by puddles.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Go ahead, stomp in the puddles, slide on the swing, play tag.
—Allison Andrews, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
From there, she was placed in a cell, where she was found at one point in a puddle of her own urine, her lawyers said.
—Mike Baker, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
At times, rain blew sideways through trolley doors, creating puddles of water on passenger seats.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
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When the slow-moving storm system finally moves out of Southern California on Wednesday, sanitation crews will rush in to mop up any remaining sewage puddled on the streets.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
In the evening, the water may puddle and cause the roots to rot, Stewart added.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
Arcel and the film lose their footing once the story puddles into melodrama, and the obstacles facing Kahlen become increasingly predictable.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
Another option is to puddle the fabric with an additional three to six inches over the floor-kiss length.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, ELLE Decor, 5 Sep. 2023
In a time of puddling water and exposed sandbars, Bill Milner, who grew up on the river, found the last resting place of five sizable ships along the Lower Neches near Beaumont on Aug. 18.
—Michael Barnes, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
Here, a linen headboard, tailored bedspread, and slightly puddling window treatments create a relaxing space built around texture play.
—Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
Water puddled up at the race’s finish line, where Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson walked under an umbrella into the main drag’s stands.
—Hank Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2023
But, true to fashion’s tendency to co-opt and refine even slovenly looks, stylish men have lately come to appreciate how strategically lengthy pants can puddle nonchalantly atop designer sneakers.
—Ashley Ogawa Clarke, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2023
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Etymology
Noun
Middle English podel; akin to Low German pudel puddle, Old English pudd ditch
First Known Use
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14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
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puddle
1 of 2
noun
pud·dle
ˈpəd-ᵊl
: a very small pool (as of dirty or muddy water)
puddle
2 of 2
verb
puddled; puddling
ˈpəd-liŋ
-ᵊl-iŋ
1
: to make muddy
2
: to cover with puddles
puddler
-lər
-ᵊl-ər
noun
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a small pool of liquid on the ground, especially from rain
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Precipitation: rain
bucket
bucket down
cloud seeder
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cloudburst
deluge
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heaven
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(Definition of puddle from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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a pool of liquid on the ground or floor, formed by filling up the holes in uneven surfaces: You have to step around the puddles in the street after a rain shower.
(Definition of puddle from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of puddle
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The floor was covered with gravel to control weeds and prevent puddles during the rainy season.
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The need to realize puzzle words as puddle words while target puddle words are realized as pickle words is at the heart of the problem.
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I take my raincoat from the hall cupboard and walk through the puddles to look at the new foal.
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That is, pickle words can be eliminated as correspondents of puzzle words, but be preferred as correspondents of puddle words.
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This correlation was also found for non-animal material in the environment, such as puddles and ditches.
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However, the seedlings in puddle rice had comparable colonization to seedlings in upland rice.
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An interesting class of cases consists of everyday nouns such as "pond" and "puddle," which gain a certain technical usage within a particular science.
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The effect of soil puddling on the soil physical properties and the growth of rice and post-rice crops.
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They cling to the balcony, midway between the noun ' ' rain ' ' and the absent noun ' ' puddle, ' ' both strangely singular and collective nouns.
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Possibly this rise was caused by the absence of suitable puddles or pools at the end of the dry season.
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As the snow melts, water begins accumulating on the sea ice (immatittuq), creating melt puddles (immatinniit) and melt holes (killait).
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水坑, （尤指）雨水坑…
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水たまり, 水（みず）たまり…
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puddlenoun [ C ] us
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a small pool of liquid on the ground, especially from rain
Alexander Nolting/EyeEm/GettyImages
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Precipitation: rain
bucket
bucket down
cloud seeder
cloud seeding
cloudburst
deluge
downpour
drizzle
heaven
mizzle
pelt
piss
rain gauge
seed
shower
sun shower
torrentially
wash
wash (something) out
wet
See more results »
(Definition of puddle from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
puddle | Intermediate English
puddlenoun [ C ] us
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a pool of liquid on the ground or floor, formed by filling up the holes in uneven surfaces: You have to step around the puddles in the street after a rain shower.
(Definition of puddle from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of puddle
puddle
We just had puddles of water just streaming down the walls, so we had to break fast.
From Chicago Tribune
It was that we were watching a puddle together.
From Bloomberg
The quick draw-down of water also left chinook salmon and steelhead struggling to survive in isolated pools and puddles on the river's edge.
From San Francisco Chronicle
There are frequent puddles of coal sludge, and the dust irritates eyes and throats.
From Los Angeles Times
Puddle ducks are not attracted to open, deep brackish and salt water.
From NOLA.com
What the constituent saw last night was a puddle of what looked like clear liquid.
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These days, his electric bill has shrunk as quickly as a puddle on a hot sidewalk.
From ABC News
I still get people asking me to turn into a puddle.
From Huffington Post
Puddles of water had subsided, but never resulted in any street closures or flooding problems, he said.
From Chicago Tribune
Sometimes, they'll warn each other not to step in the puddles.
From Los Angeles Times
Looks like the two have a major hit on their hands -- and our hearts in a puddle on the floor.
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If the rain began, the entire city would disappear inside, instantly, and the puddles were avoided like little ponds of molten lava.
From NPR
Silk curtains are the exception and can puddle a bit more.
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Remember that a man-made puddle on a subway seat is an insult to the whole community.
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What is the pronunciation of puddle?
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Translations of puddle
in Chinese (Traditional)
水坑, （尤指）雨水坑…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
水坑, （尤指）雨水坑…
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in Spanish
charco, charco [masculine, singular]…
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in Portuguese
poça, poça [feminine]…
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in more languages
in Japanese
in Turkish
in French
in Catalan
in Dutch
in Danish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
in Russian
in Arabic
in Czech
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Korean
in Italian
水たまり, 水（みず）たまり…
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gölcük, su birikintisi…
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flaque [feminine], flaque d’eau…
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bassal…
See more
plas…
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pyt…
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pöl, vattenpuss…
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lopak…
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die Pfütze…
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vannpytt [masculine], søledam, vannpytt…
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калюжа…
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лужа…
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برْكة…
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louže…
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kubangan…
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แอ่งน้ำขนาดเล็ก…
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vũng nước…
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kałuża…
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물웅덩이…
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pozzanghera…
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024How to use puddle in a sentenceAble to withstand water pressures of up to 100 meters, it makes rain, snorkeling, or just aggressive puddle splashes no problem.Best smartwatch: Five things to consider | Eric Alt | November 28, 2020 | Popular-ScienceLike the challenge faced by Pleurotus mycelium paused at the edge of a puddle of toxic waste, radical mycological solutions are less about inventing than remembering.The Fungal Evangelist Who Would Save the Bees - Issue 90: Something Green | Merlin Sheldrake | September 23, 2020 | NautilusEarly on in his research for the company, Rogers—a materials scientist—wanted to understand why if you left a strawberry on the counter it would turn into a puddle, while a lemon would remain unchanged.Exclusive: Startup Apeel is launching ‘plastic-free’ cucumbers at Walmart to cut back on waste | Beth Kowitt | September 21, 2020 | FortuneIf the water isn’t cold enough, though, you just get a lonely ice cube in a puddle of water.Build ice towers with bottled water and ice | Bethany Brookshire | September 16, 2020 | Science News For StudentsWhen I poured out the bottles chilled in clean ice, I just got a puddle of water around my ice cube.Build ice towers with bottled water and ice | Bethany Brookshire | September 16, 2020 | Science News For StudentsMay they all stand in a puddle and stick their tongues in a Prius charge port.The GOP Senate: A New Utopia Dawns | P. J. O’Rourke | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen the lights went down on Bieber and his puddle of clothes.Justin Bieber's Abs Cannot Save Him | Tim Teeman | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd when he walks in, the place is dark, but he notices a puddle on the floor.The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town | E. Jean Carroll | April 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTpuddle-jumping Cessnas are the only way in, and Land Rovers are the only way to get around.Namibia’s Spooky Skeleton Coast | Nina Strochlic | March 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor some of New Yorkers, though, the dating pool can be a puddle—thanks to the “culture of honor.”HONOR THIS! | Moral Courage | February 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnother man was sprawled on the gray broadloom of the reception room, a brownish puddle beneath his side.Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 | VariousHe stepped over a puddle and stood beside Bud, peering down at the silent engine.Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerThen all the boys bent over the puddle, and scooped up great handfuls of water, and threw them over each other.Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonMr. Wright, my Adjutant, saw one strike in a puddle between him and myself as we marched at the head of the Regiment.Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieOn the perfect day I have been talking about she hunted up a sunlit puddle and indulged in the first wallow of the season.The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurSee More ExamplesBritish Dictionary definitions for puddlepuddle/ (ˈpʌdəl) /nouna small pool of water, esp of raina small pool of any liquida worked mixture of wet clay and sand that is impervious to water and is used to line a pond or canalrowing the patch of eddying water left by the blade of an oar after completion of a strokeSee moreverb(tr) to make (clay, etc) into puddle(tr) to subject (iron) to puddling(intr) to dabble or wade in puddles, mud, or shallow water(intr) to mess aboutSee moreOrigin of puddle1C14 podel, diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, of obscure originDerived forms of puddlepuddler, nounpuddly, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface
This article is about the liquid phenomenon. For other uses, see Puddle (disambiguation).
Reflections in a forest puddle
A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface.[1] It can form either by pooling in a depression on the surface, or by surface tension upon a flat surface. Puddles are often characterized by murky water or mud due to the disturbance and dissolving of surrounding sediment, primarily due to precipitation.
A puddle is generally shallow enough to walk through, and too small to traverse with a boat or raft. Small wildlife may be attracted to puddles.
Natural puddles and wildlife[edit]
A common shelduck drinking from a puddle
Puddles in natural landscapes and habitats, when not resulting from precipitation, can indicate the presence of a seep or spring. Small seasonal riparian plants, grasses, and wildflowers can germinate with the ephemeral "head start" of moisture provided by a puddle.
Small wildlife, such as birds and insects, can use puddles as a source of essential moisture or for bathing. Raised constructed puddles, bird baths, are a part of domestic and wildlife gardens as a garden ornament and "micro-habitat" restoration. Swallows use the damp loam which gathers in puddles as a form of cement to help to build their nests. Many butterfly species and some other insects, but particularly male butterflies, need puddles for nutrients they can contain, such as salts and amino acids. In a behaviour known as puddling they seek out the damp mud that can be found around the edge of the puddles.[2]
For some smaller forms of life, such as tadpoles or mosquito larvae, a puddle can form an entire habitat. Puddles that do not evaporate quickly can become standing water, which can become polluted by decaying organisms and are often home to breeding mosquitos, which can act as vectors for diseases such as malaria and, of more recent concern in certain areas of the world, West Nile virus.
Puddles on roads[edit]
Puddles formed from rainwater, filling potholes on a road
Puddles commonly form during rain, and can cause problems for transport. Due to the angle of the road, puddles tend to be forced by gravity to gather on the edges of the road. This can cause splashing as cars drive through the puddles, which causes water to be sprayed onto pedestrians on the pavement. Irresponsible drivers may do this deliberately, which, in some countries, can lead to prosecution for careless driving.[3]
Puddles commonly form in potholes in a dirt road, or in any other space with a shallow depression and dirt. In such cases, these are sometimes referred to as mud puddles, because mud tends to form in the bottoms, resulting in dirtied wheels or boots when disturbed.
In order to deal with puddles, roads and pavements are often built with a camber (technically called 'crowning'), being slightly convex in nature, to force puddles to drain into the gutter, which has storm drain grates to allow the water to drain into the sewers. In addition, some surfaces are made to be porous, allowing the water to drain through the surface to the aquifer below.
Physics[edit]
Small puddles held together by surface tension
Due to the action of surface tension, small puddles can also form if a liquid is spilt on a level surface. Puddles like this are common on kitchen floors. Puddles tend to evaporate quickly due to the high surface-area-to-volume ratio. In cold conditions puddles can form patches of ice which are slippery and difficult to see and can be a hazard to road vehicles and pedestrians.
Children[edit]
Puddles are a source of recreation for children, who often like jumping in puddles as an "up-side" to rain.[4][5][6][7] A children's nursery rhyme records the story of Doctor Foster and his encounter with a puddle in Gloucester. Muddy puddles, and the pleasures of splashing mud in them, are a repeated theme in the children's animation Peppa Pig, to the extent of selling character-branded wellington boots.
In legend[edit]
Medieval legend spoke of one man who was desperate to find building materials for his house, so he stole cobblestones from the road surface. The remaining hole filled with water and a horseman who later walked through the 'puddle' found himself drowning.[citation needed] A similar legend, of a young boy drowning in a puddle that formed in a pothole in a major street in the early years of Seattle, Washington, is told as part of the Seattle Underground Tour.
See also[edit]
Black ice
Puddle (M. C. Escher)
Puddling (biology)
Pond, a somewhat larger accumulation of liquid on a surface
Puddling (engineering)
Puddling (metallurgy)
Rill
Seep (hydrology)
Spring (hydrology)
References[edit]
^ "Definition of PUDDLE". 8 January 2024.
^ Adler, P.H. and Pearson, D.L. (1982) "Why do male butterflies visit mud puddles?". Canadian Journal of Zoology, 60 (3): 322–325. doi:10.1139/z82-043
^ Driver fined over puddle splash BBC News, 31 October 2005.
^ Siu-Lan Tan (25 March 2014). "Splash! What Kids Discover in a Puddle". Psychology Today.
^ Ranko Rajovic (24 May 2016). "Why Splashing in Mud Puddles Is Beneficial for Children". Novak Djokovic Foundation.
^ Meredith Burton. "Play in a Puddle on a Rainy Day". National Association for the Education of Young Children.
^ Catherine O'Dolan (6 August 2010). "The joys of jumping in puddles". Junior.
Further reading[edit]
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Adler PH (1982) "Soil and puddle visiting habits of moths" Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 36: 161–173.
Allocco, Maria (1999) "Puddle of light" Phys. Teach. 37: 468.
McLachlan A and Ladle R (2001) "Life in the puddle: behavioural and life-cycle adaptations in the Diptera of tropical rain pools" Biological Reviews, 76 (3): 377–388. doi:10.1017/S1464793101005723
Royston, Angela (2005) Water: Let's Look at a Puddle Heinemann/Raintree. ISBN 978-1-4034-7685-2.
Weiss, Peter (2004) "Piddly puddle peril: Little water pools foil road friction" Science News, 166(20): 308. doi:10.2307/4015763
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puddle From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Naturepuddlepud‧dle /ˈpʌdl/ ●●○ noun [countable]
DNa small pool of liquid, especially rainwater
Children splashed through the puddles.puddle of
He had fallen asleep, his head resting in a puddle of beer. —puddle verb [intransitive] literary
Rain trickled down the glass, puddling on the window sills.Examples from the Corpuspuddle• Start with a puddle and progress slowly to a small pool and shallow stream.• Sometimes the blood oozed into great black puddles over which huge swarms of flies hovered.• Would you jump into puddles with me?• a mud puddle• The problem with such puddles, Rubberneck would suffer violent bellyaches and explosive diarrhoea.• He dashed across the puddles in the courtyard, lithe and athletic.• The ground is frozen, thin ice covers the puddles between the furrows of the empty gray field.• He shook his head to drive away some bottleneck flies straying from the vile puddle in front of the horse-faced young man.Origin puddle (1300-1400) Probably from Old English pudd “ditch”
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pud•dle /ˈpʌdəl/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
a small pool of any liquid:a puddle of black oil under the car.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pud•dle
(pud′l),USA pronunciation n., v., -dled, -dling. n. a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
a small pool of any liquid.
Civil Engineeringclay or the like mixed with water and tempered, used as a waterproof lining for the walls of canals, ditches, etc.
v.t. to mark or scatter with puddles.
to wet with dirty water, mud, etc.
to make (water) muddy or dirty.
to muddle or confuse.
Civil Engineeringto make (clay or the like) into puddle.
to cover with pasty clay or puddle.
Metallurgyto subject (molten iron) to the process of puddling.
Agricultureto destroy the granular structure of (soil) by agricultural operations on it when it is too wet.
Botany[Hort.]to dip the roots of (a tree, shrub, etc.) into a thin mixture of loam and water to retard drying out during transplanting.
v.i. to wade in a puddle:The children were puddling.
to be or become puddled:The backyard was puddling.
1300–50; (noun, nominal) Middle English puddel, podel, pothel, apparently diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, furrow (akin to Low German pudel puddle); (verb, verbal) late Middle English pothelen, derivative of the noun, nominal
pud′dler, n.
pud′dly, adj.
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puddle /ˈpʌdəl/ n a small pool of water, esp of rain a small pool of any liquid a worked mixture of wet clay and sand that is impervious to water and is used to line a pond or canal vb (transitive) to make (clay, etc) into puddle(transitive) to subject (iron) to puddlingEtymology: 14th Century podel, diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, of obscure originˈpuddler n ˈpuddly adj
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In Lists: Water, Things that dry or dry out, Sources of drinking water, more...Synonyms: pool, pool of water, standing water, water, mud puddle, more...Collocations: a puddle of [mud, water, blood, milk], a muddy (rain) puddle, [jump, splash] in (rain) puddles, more...
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