puddle

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 (synset 115017512)
    is a type of: covering material - a material used by builders to cover surfaces
  2. A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid (synset 109420482)
    "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood"
    is a type of: body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
    subtypes:
    • billabong - a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
    • mud puddle - a puddle of mud
    same as: pool
  3. Something resembling a pool of liquid (synset 108682839)
    "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
    is a type of: place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region
    same as: pool
Verb
  1. Wade or dabble in a puddle (synset 201920464)
    "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"
    is a type of: wade - walk (through relatively shallow water)
  2. Subject to puddling or form by puddling (synset 201627780)
    "puddle iron"
    is a type of: forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work - make something, usually for a specific function
  3. Dip into mud before planting (synset 201532080)
    "puddle young plants"
    is a type of: plant, set - put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
  4. Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud (synset 201486904)
    is a type of: bundle, compact, pack, wad - compress into a wad
  5. Mess around, as in a liquid or paste (synset 201476359)
    "The children are having fun puddling in paint"
    is a type of: mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker - do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
  6. Make into a puddle (synset 201422521)
    "puddled mire"
    is a type of: rile, roil - make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
    same as: muddle
  7. Make a puddle by splashing water (synset 201377130)
    is a type of: plash, spatter, splash, splatter, splosh, swash - dash a liquid upon or against
  8. Mix up or confuse (synset 200622204)
    "He muddled the issues"
    is a type of: confuse, jumble, mix up - assemble without order or sense
    same as: addle, muddle
  9. Eliminate urine (synset 200071765)
    "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
    is a type of: egest, eliminate, excrete, pass - eliminate from the body
    subtypes:
    • wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
    • stale - urinate, of cattle and horses
    same as: make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee
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