Definitions of puddle [ˈpʌd l]

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Definition of 'puddle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) puddle
a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.

2.  puddle
a small pool of any liquid.

3.  puddle
clay or the like mixed with water and tempered, used as a waterproof lining for the walls of canals, ditches, etc.

4. (v.t.) puddle
to mark or scatter with puddles.

5.  puddle
to wet with dirty water, mud, etc.

6.  puddle
to make (water) muddy or dirty.

7.  puddle
to muddle or confuse.

8.  puddle
Metall. to subject (molten iron) to the process of puddling.

9. (v.i.) puddle
to wade in a puddle.

10.  puddle
to be or become puddled.

Etymology: (1930–35,

Definition of 'puddle'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (noun) pool, puddle
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
"there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood"

3. (verb) pool, puddle
something resembling a pool of liquid
"he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"

4. (verb) puddle
wade or dabble in a puddle
"The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"

5. (verb) puddle
subject to puddling or form by puddling
"puddle iron"

6. (verb) puddle
dip into mud before planting
"puddle young plants"

7. (verb) puddle
work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

8. (verb) puddle
mess around, as in a liquid or paste
"The children are having fun puddling in paint"

9. (verb) muddle, puddle
make into a puddle
"puddled mire"

10. (verb) puddle
make a puddle by splashing water

11. (verb) addle, muddle, puddle
mix up or confuse
"He muddled the issues"

12. (verb) make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
eliminate urine
"Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"

Definition of 'puddle'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) puddle
a small pool of water on the ground, a road, etc.
kids jumping in puddles

Definition of 'puddle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) puddle
a small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool

2. (noun) puddle
clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water

3. (verb) puddle
to make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water)

4. (verb) puddle
to make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water

5. (verb) puddle
to make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to

6. (verb) puddle
to subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron

7. (verb) puddle
to make a dirty stir

Translation of 'puddle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small, usually dirty, pool (of water) It had been raining, and there were puddles in the road.
Afrikaans: plassie	Arabic: بِرْكَه صَغيرَه	Bulgarian: локва
Brazilian: poça	Czech: louže	German: die Pfütze
Danish: pyt	Greek: λακκούβα με βρομόνερα	Spanish: charco
Estonian: loik	Farsi: چالاب	Finnish: lätäkkö
French: flaque d'eau	Hebrew: שְלוּלִית	Hindi: छोटा सा तालाब
Hungarian: pocsolya	Indonesian: kubangan	Icelandic: (forar)pollur
Italian: pozzanghera	Japanese: 水たまり	Korean: 물웅덩이
Lithuanian: bala	Latvian: peļķe	Malay: lopak
Dutch: plas	Norwegian: søledam, vannpytt	Polish: kałuża
Persian: چالاب	Pashto: ډڼد	Portuguese: poça
Romanian: băltoacă	Russian: лужа, лужица	Slovak: mláka, kaluž
Slovenian: luža	Serbian: bara	Swedish: pöl, vattenpuss
Thai: แอ่งน้ำขนาดเล็ก	Turkish: su birikintisi, gölcük	Taiwanese: 泥潭，水坑
Ukrainian: калюжа	Urdu: گندے پاني کا گڑھا	Vietnamese: vũng nước
Chinese: 泥潭，水坑
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