2syllables
puddling
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Definitions ofpuddling
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).
1noun
- The action of forming a puddle.
- The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.
- (canal engineering) The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight.
- The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron.
- A group of mallards (ducks).
- A behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out moist substances to obtain nutrients.
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