puddle

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry

Definition categories: substance

2. a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid

- there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain

Similar word(s): pool

Definition categories: object, water

3. something resembling a pool of liquid

- his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines

Similar word(s): pool

Definition categories: location, place, spot

verb

1. wade or dabble in a puddle

- The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard

Definition categories: motion, wade

2. subject to puddling or form by puddling

- puddle iron

Definition categories: creation, forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work

3. dip into mud before planting

- puddle young plants

Definition categories: contact, plant, set

4. work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

Definition categories: contact, bundle, compact, pack, wad

5. mess around, as in a liquid or paste

Definition categories: contact, monkey, potter, putter, tinker

6. make into a puddle

- puddled mire

Similar word(s): muddle

Definition categories: contact, rile, roil

7. make a puddle by splashing water

Definition categories: contact, plash, spatter, splash, splatter, splosh, swash

8. mix up or confuse

Similar word(s): addle, muddle

Definition categories: cognition, confuse, jumble

9. eliminate urine

Similar word(s): make, micturate, pee, piddle, urinate, wee

Definition categories: body, egest, eliminate, excrete, pass