puddle

Speech parts

1. puddle - Noun

2. puddle - Verb

Meaning

A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.

Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.

To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.

To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to.

To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron.

To make a dirty stir.

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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle. Barry Goldwater

I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would find that exciting. But I would. And I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is. David Hockney

War is smaller in scale than in recent memory, but it is far more ambiguous, intractable, and nasty. Money flows more quickly than ever, but it is still somehow manages to gather and puddle in certain places, for certain people rather then others. Mark Kingwell

For a drunk, the sea is knee-deep (, and a puddle ear-deep). Russian Proverb

When an ant says 'ocean', he's talking about a puddle. Afghan Proverb

The sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle. Italian Proverb

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