2syllables
puddle
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Definitions ofpuddle
1noun
- A small pool of water, usually on a path or road.
- Stagnant or polluted water.
- A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
- The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
1verb
- To form a puddle.
- To play or splash in a puddle.
- Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
- To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
- To line a canal with puddle (clay).
- To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
- To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
- To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
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