puddle
/ˈpʌdəl/ verb C2- To form a puddle.
- To play or splash in a puddle.
- Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
- To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
- To line a canal with puddle (clay).
- To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
- To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
- To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
He/she/it puddles · Past puddled · Past participle puddled · -ing form puddling
Verb forms
- Base form
- puddle
- He/she/it
- puddles
- Past
- puddled
- Past participle
- puddled
- -ing form
- puddling
From the library
That was the breadth of a puddle on the garden walk which he had evidently walked across.
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