PUDDLE

Puddle

A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface. It can form either by pooling in a depression on the surface, or by surface tension upon a flat surface. Puddles are usually formed from rain water or from irrigation.

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puddle

Noun

  1. A small pool of water, usually on a path or road.
  2. Stagnant or polluted water.
  3. A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.

Verb

  1. To form a puddle.
  2. To play or splash in a puddle.
  3. To process iron by means of puddling.
  4. To line a canal with puddle (clay).
  5. To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
  6. To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
  7. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).


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