Puddle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpʌdl|  American pronunciation of the word puddle
Brit.  |ˈpʌd(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word puddle

noun

- 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 (syn: pool)
there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
- something resembling a pool of liquid (syn: pool)
his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines

verb

- 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
- make into a puddle (syn: muddle)
puddled mire
- make a puddle by splashing water
- mix up or confuse (syn: addle, muddle)
- eliminate urine (syn: make, micturate, pee, piddle, piss, urinate, wee, wee-wee)

Extra examples

She accidentally stepped in a puddle and got her shoes wet.

After the storm, the road was covered in deep puddles.

He puddles about at a great rate.

Tablecloths were puddled with melted ice-cream.

Children splashed through the puddles.

He had fallen asleep, his head resting in a puddle of beer.

Rain trickled down the glass, puddling on the window sills.

The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard

He was standing in a puddle of water.

He stepped into an ankle-deep puddle of mud.

He stepped ankle-deep into a puddle of mud.

...took a small jump forward to avoid stepping in the puddle...

My shoes got wet when I stepped in the puddle.

The children sloshed through the big puddle.

She tiptoed through the puddle.

Word forms

noun
singular: puddle
plural: puddles
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