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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pud•dle /ˈpʌdəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- a small pool of any liquid:a puddle of black oil under the car.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pud•dle (pud′l),USA pronunciation n., v., -dled, -dling. n. - a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- a small pool of any liquid.
- Civil Engineeringclay or the like mixed with water and tempered, used as a waterproof lining for the walls of canals, ditches, etc.
v.t. - to mark or scatter with puddles.
- to wet with dirty water, mud, etc.
- to make (water) muddy or dirty.
- to muddle or confuse.
- Civil Engineeringto make (clay or the like) into puddle.
- to cover with pasty clay or puddle.
- Metallurgyto subject (molten iron) to the process of puddling.
- Agricultureto destroy the granular structure of (soil) by agricultural operations on it when it is too wet.
- Botany[Hort.]to dip the roots of (a tree, shrub, etc.) into a thin mixture of loam and water to retard drying out during transplanting.
v.i. - to wade in a puddle:The children were puddling.
- to be or become puddled:The backyard was puddling.
- 1300–50; (noun, nominal) Middle English puddel, podel, pothel, apparently diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, furrow (akin to Low German pudel puddle); (verb, verbal) late Middle English pothelen, derivative of the noun, nominal
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: puddle /ˈpʌdəl/ n - a small pool of water, esp of rain
- a small pool of any liquid
- a worked mixture of wet clay and sand that is impervious to water and is used to line a pond or canal
vb - (transitive) to make (clay, etc) into puddle
- (transitive) to subject (iron) to puddling
Etymology: 14th Century podel, diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, of obscure originˈpuddler n ˈpuddly adj |