Puddle

Quick meaning: Puddle is a noun meaning A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.

Meaning

A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.

More Meanings

1. (now dialectal) Stagnant or polluted water.
2. A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
3. (rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
4. To form a puddle.
5. To play or splash in a puddle.
6. (entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
7. To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.

Example Sentences

Some unhatched practice […] / Hath puddled his clear spirit.

I had only to see the 'puddle' to know that your paddle made it.

And fast beside a little brooke did pas / Of muddie water, that like puddle stank […].

As the blade exits the water the puddle is very tight and dark. It is also very quiet.

Word Forms

• puddles
• puddling
• puddled

Synonyms for puddle

Depending on context, synonyms include muddle, make, addle, micturate, pool, piddle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pool, urinate, micturate, piddle, piss, pee.

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