Puddle
11puddle — pud|dle [ˈpʌdl] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from Old English pudd ditch ] a small pool of liquid, especially rain water ▪ Children splashed through the puddles. puddle of ▪ He had fallen asleep, his head resting in a puddle of beer.… …
12puddle — noun 1》 a small pool of liquid, especially of rainwater on the ground. 2》 clay and sand mixed with water and used as a watertight covering for embankments. 3》 Rowing a circular patch of disturbed water made by the blade of an oar at each stroke.… …
13puddle — n. & v. n. 1 a small pool, esp. of rainwater on a road etc. 2 clay and sand mixed with water and used as a watertight covering for embankments etc. 3 a circular patch of disturbed water made by the blade of an oar at each stroke. v. 1 tr. a knead …
14puddle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English podel; akin to Low German pudel puddle, Old English pudd ditch Date: 14th century 1. a very small pool of usually dirty or muddy water 2. a. an earthy mixture (as of clay, sand, and gravel) worked while wet into… …
15puddle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pool, pond; mud puddle. See water, coherence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. plash, mud puddle, rut; see pool 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. pool, wallow, drink, run off, plash …
16puddle — [14] Old English pudd, a word of unknown origin but related to German dialect pfudel ‘puddle’, denoted ‘ditch, furrow’, and puddle was a diminutive formed from it. In Middle English, it was often used for quite large bodies of water, what we… …
17puddle — UK [ˈpʌd(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms puddle : singular puddle plural puddles a small pool of water, especially on a road after rain …
18puddle — pud•dle [[t]ˈpʌd l[/t]] n. v. dled, dling 1) a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground 2) a small pool of any liquid 3) civ clay or the like mixed with water and tempered, used as a waterproof lining for the walls of canals, ditches,… …
19puddle — /ˈpʌdl / (say pudl) noun 1. a small pool of water, especially dirty water, as in a road after rain. 2. a small pool of any liquid. 3. clay, or a similar material, which has been mixed with water and tempered, used as a watertight canal lining,… …
20puddle — [14] Old English pudd, a word of unknown origin but related to German dialect pfudel ‘puddle’, denoted ‘ditch, furrow’, and puddle was a diminutive formed from it. In Middle English, it was often used for quite large bodies of water, what we… …
