puddle

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puddle
n. small pool of water or liquid; mud; pool of foul stagnant water
 
v. mix, muddle; muddy, dirty, pollute; roll about in the mud; stir metallic steel

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Puddle
A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface. It can form either by pooling in a depression on the surface, or by surface tension upon a flat surface.

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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
(hypernym) covering material
2. 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"
(synonym) pool
(hypernym) body of water, water
(hyponym) billabong
3. something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
(synonym) pool
(hypernym) topographic point, place, spot

Verb
1. wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"
(hypernym) wade
(derivation) pool
2. subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"
(hypernym) shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
3. dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants"
(hypernym) plant, set
4. work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
(hypernym) pack, bundle, wad, compact
5. mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint"
(hypernym) putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around
6. make into a puddle; "puddled mire"
(synonym) muddle
(hypernym) roil, rile
7. make a puddle by splashing water
(hypernym) spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash
(derivation) pool
8. mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"
(synonym) addle, muddle
(hypernym) jumble, confuse, mix up
9. eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
(synonym) make, urinate, piddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
(hypernym) excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
(hyponym) wet
(verb-group) stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make


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puddle
n. kaluž

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puddle
Rzecz. kałuża