Definition of puddle
1 : a very small pool of usually dirty or muddy water
2a : an earthy mixture (as of clay, sand, and gravel) worked while wet into a compact mass that becomes impervious to water when dryb : a thin mixture of soil and water for puddling plants
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Examples of puddle in a Sentence
She accidentally stepped in a puddle and got her shoes wet.
After the storm, the road was covered in deep puddles.
Recent Examples of puddle from the Web
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Both Thundercat’s 2011 album The Golden Age of the Apocalypse and his 2017 album Drunk take Coltrane-scale work and melt it into puddles of enharmonic bliss with profound authority.
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What appears to be a fire hose is shown on the floor in a large puddle of water.
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There were no seats, either, as everyone maneuvered their way around puddles of mystery liquids and carts of oranges and stands of Fiji water, to find a suitable position from which to station themselves.
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There were no seats, either, as everyone maneuvered their way around puddles of mystery liquids and carts of oranges and stands of Fiji water, to find a suitable position from which to station themselves.
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Such as, stomping in puddles, splashing water everywhere, playing in sand, swinging at the park and anything involving cars and trucks.
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Three stages, 16 bands including Puddle of Mudd, Blistered Earth, Sin Circus, others; and motorcycle park and show.
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As The Hollywood Reporter noted this year, traditional TV executives are petrified that Netflix and its ilk will continue to pour money into original shows and films and continue to lap up the small puddle of creative talent in the industry.
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By the second half, the field was a soggy mess with players appearing to sink in ankle-deep puddles that slowed the ball to a stop on many a pass attempt.
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Origin and Etymology of puddle
Middle English podel; akin to Low German pudel puddle, Old English pudd ditch
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Definition of puddle
puddled
;puddling
play \ˈpəd-liŋ, ˈpə-dəl-iŋ\intransitive verb
: to dabble or wade around in a puddle
transitive verb
1 : to make muddy or turbid : muddle
2a : to work (a wet mixture of earth or concrete) into a dense impervious massb : to subject (iron) to the process of puddling
3a : to strew with puddlesb : to compact (soil) especially by working when too wetc : to dip the roots of (a plant) in a thin mud before transplanting
Recent Examples of puddle from the Web
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Guests, puddling on the floor, were arrayed around a little park planted with firs and bordered by an iron bench.
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Ewers's racy advertisements for Wang—the first, spread-eagled on a bathroom sink wearing a 'Parental Advisory: Explicit Content' shirt, and for Wang's first denim campaign, reclining on a chair naked, jeans puddled around her ankles—
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First Known Use of puddle
15th century
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: a small amount of water, mud, etc., on the ground
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