puddle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: puddle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for puddle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puddle n a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry 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" Synonym(s): pool, puddle something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" Synonym(s): pool, puddle v wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard" subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron" dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants" work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint" make into a puddle; "puddled mire" Synonym(s): muddle, puddle make a puddle by splashing water mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" Synonym(s): addle, muddle, puddle eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" Synonym(s): make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puddle \Pud"dle\, n. [OE. podel; cf. LG. pudel, Ir. & Gael. plod pool.] 1. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool. --Spenser. 2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water. {Puddle poet}, a low or worthless poet. [R.] --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puddle \Pud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puddling}.] 1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit. --Shak. 2. (a) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water. (b) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to. 3. To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron. --Ure. {Puddled steel}, steel made directly from cast iron by a modification of the puddling process.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puddle \Pud"dle\, v. i. To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] --R. Junius.