[
US
/ˈpədəɫ/
]
[ UK /pˈʌdəl/ ]
[ UK /pˈʌdəl/ ]
NOUN
-
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
the body lay in a pool of blood
there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain -
something resembling a pool of liquid
he stood in a pool of light
his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines - a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
VERB
-
mix up or confuse
He muddled the issues -
dip into mud before planting
puddle young plants - make a puddle by splashing water
-
eliminate urine
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug -
make into a puddle
puddled mire -
subject to puddling or form by puddling
puddle iron -
mess around, as in a liquid or paste
The children are having fun puddling in paint -
wade or dabble in a puddle
The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard - work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
How To Use puddle In A Sentence
- BTW … the online article was written long ago and the LJW staff will, I am sure, update it when they have puddleglum (Anonymous) says … kansas redlegs: yeah I know exactly what you mean. LJWorld.com stories: News
- No more fuzzy programmes with muffled sound and colours like confetti in a puddle. The Sun
- Heat a good puddle of oil in a frying pan. Times, Sunday Times
- On the other hand, when armed with a large umbrella or a well-fitting raincoat and perhaps a pair of gumboots, it is possible to enjoy the monsoon rains, and take time out to splash through muddy puddles and wade through waterlogged roads.
- Workers had toiled to move dirt to fill in the deeper puddles and the match was able to proceed with two days of fast shooting in excellent weather.
- Just many puddles of oil on your garage floor. Times, Sunday Times
- My wife calls those jacked-up monstrosities aka “mosnter trucks” on the public roads that are obviously never going to even come within sight of a mud puddle “penis substitutes.” EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - “Save the clock tower!”
- Within himself he would have a sensation of liquefying with giggles and of becoming extremely thin, like a puddle.
- On October 30, just as the flood waters were creeping up in Ryedale, she drove her Peugeot car through a deep puddle and stalled the engine.
- Both feet are covered in blood and there's a sizeable puddle smeared on my left side just above the hip.