puddle

pud·dle

P0647700 (pŭd′l)n.1. a. A small pool of water, especially rainwater.b. A small pool of a liquid.2. A tempered paste of wet clay and sand that serves as waterproofing when dry.v. pud·dled, pud·dling, pud·dles v.tr.1. To make muddy.2. To work (clay or sand) into a thick watertight paste.3. To process (impure metal) by puddling.v.intr. To splash or dabble in or as if in a pool of liquid.

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[Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd, ditch.]

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pud′dly adj.

puddle

(ˈpʌdəl) n1. a small pool of water, esp of rain2. a small pool of any liquid3. (Building) a worked mixture of wet clay and sand that is impervious to water and is used to line a pond or canal4. (Rowing) rowing the patch of eddying water left by the blade of an oar after completion of a strokevb5. (Building) (tr) to make (clay, etc) into puddle6. (Metallurgy) (tr) to subject (iron) to puddling7. (intr) to dabble or wade in puddles, mud, or shallow water8. (intr) to mess about[C14 podel, diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, of obscure origin] ˈpuddler n ˈpuddly adj

pud•dle

(ˈpʌd l)

n., v. -dled, -dling. n. 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. v.t. 4. to mark or scatter with puddles. 5. to wet with dirty water, mud, etc. 6. to make (water) muddy or dirty. 7. to muddle or confuse. 8. Metall. to subject (molten iron) to the process of puddling. v.i. 9. to wade in a puddle. 10. to be or become puddled. [1300–50; Middle English puddel, podel, pothel, appar. diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, furrow (akin to Low German pudel puddle)]

puddle

Past participle: puddled
Gerund: puddling

Imperative
puddle
puddle

Present
I puddle
you puddle
he/she/it puddles
we puddle
you puddle
they puddle

Preterite
I puddled
you puddled
he/she/it puddled
we puddled
you puddled
they puddled

Present Continuous
I am puddling
you are puddling
he/she/it is puddling
we are puddling
you are puddling
they are puddling

Present Perfect
I have puddled
you have puddled
he/she/it has puddled
we have puddled
you have puddled
they have puddled

Past Continuous
I was puddling
you were puddling
he/she/it was puddling
we were puddling
you were puddling
they were puddling

Past Perfect
I had puddled
you had puddled
he/she/it had puddled
we had puddled
you had puddled
they had puddled

Future
I will puddle
you will puddle
he/she/it will puddle
we will puddle
you will puddle
they will puddle

Future Perfect
I will have puddled
you will have puddled
he/she/it will have puddled
we will have puddled
you will have puddled
they will have puddled

Future Continuous
I will be puddling
you will be puddling
he/she/it will be puddling
we will be puddling
you will be puddling
they will be puddling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been puddling
you have been puddling
he/she/it has been puddling
we have been puddling
you have been puddling
they have been puddling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been puddling
you will have been puddling
he/she/it will have been puddling
we will have been puddling
you will have been puddling
they will have been puddling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been puddling
you had been puddling
he/she/it had been puddling
we had been puddling
you had been puddling
they had been puddling

Conditional
I would puddle
you would puddle
he/she/it would puddle
we would puddle
you would puddle
they would puddle

Past Conditional
I would have puddled
you would have puddled
he/she/it would have puddled
we would have puddled
you would have puddled
they would have puddled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	puddle - a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when drycovering material - a material used by builders to cover surfaces
	2.	puddle - 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"poolbillabong - a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittentlybody of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"mud puddle - a puddle of mud; "the children loved a mud puddle"
	3.	puddle - something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"poolplace, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
Verb	1.	puddle - wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"wade - walk (through relatively shallow water); "Can we wade across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond"
	2.	puddle - subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
	3.	puddle - dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants"plant, set - put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
	4.	puddle - work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mudwad, compact, pack, bundle - compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
	5.	puddle - mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint"monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, mess around, tinker, monkey, putter - do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
	6.	puddle - make into a puddle; "puddled mire"muddlerile, roil - make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
	7.	puddle - make a puddle by splashing waterspatter, splatter, plash, swash, splash, splosh - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
	8.	puddle - mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"addle, muddlemix up, jumble, confuse - assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
	9.	puddle - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piss, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, makeurinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood"wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"stale - urinate, of cattle and horsesegest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"

puddle

noun pool, spill, splash, plash (literary) puddles of oil in the road

Translations

水坑泥潭

puddle

(ˈpadl) noun a small, usually dirty, pool (of water). It had been raining, and there were puddles in the road. 泥潭，水坑 泥潭，水坑

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