puddle

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[ US /ˈpədəɫ/ ]
[ 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

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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.

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