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/ˈpədl/,
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puddles, plural;
  1. Wet or cover (a surface) with water, esp. rainwater
    • - the cobbles under our feet were wet and puddled
  2. (of liquid) Form a small pool
    • - rivulets of water coursed down the panes, puddling on the sill
  3. Dabble or wallow in mud or shallow water
    • - children are playing and puddling about in the dirt
  4. Occupy oneself in a disorganized or unproductive way
    • - the Internet is just the latest excuse for puddling around at work
  5. Line (a hole) with puddle

  6. Knead (clay and sand) into puddle

  7. Work (mixed water and clay) to separate gold or opal

  8. Stir (molten iron) with iron oxide in a furnace, to produce wrought iron by oxidizing carbon

Noun
  1. A small pool of liquid, esp. of rainwater on the ground
    • - splashing through deep puddles
    • - a little puddle of light
  2. Clay and sand mixed with water and used as a watertight covering for embankments

  1. a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
  2. wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"
  3. pool: 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"
  4. subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"
  5. dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants"
  6. pool: something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
  7. work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
  8. mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint"
  9. 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. They are often formed anywhere from rain water, in gardens from irrigation, and on municipal streets from urban runoff.
  10. Puddle is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in February 1952.
  11. 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; To form a puddle; To play or splash in a puddle; To process iron by means of puddling; To line a canal with ...
  12. (PUDDLES) Whirlpools left in the water by action of oar. Created by pulling the oar through the water.
  13. (PUDDLES) A measure of your power (and of run). If your blade leaves behind little dinky ripples, then you're not pulling hard enough. If you leave tidal waves after you pull your blade out of the water, then you're pulling just right.
  14. (Puddles) Luann's dog, so named for his tendency to wee in the wrong spots.
  15. To find yourself stepping into puddles of clear water in a dream, denotes a vexation, but some redeeming good in the future. If the water be muddy, unpleasantness will go a few rounds with you. To wet your feet by stepping into puddles, foretells that your pleasure will work you harm afterwards.
  16. A former model who married young, married rich and partied hard. Between the ‘slight’ weight gain, ‘subtle’ surgery and ‘sunkissed’ skin, she looks as if her dermis is about to melt into a pool on the floor.
  17. A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it.
  18. To compact loose soil by soaking it and allowing it to dry.
  19. Portion of weld that is molten at the place heat is supplied.
  20. Allowing excess fabric from a panel or scarf to fall and pool elegantly on the floor.
  21. Puddling : the saturated clay lining that seals a canal bed and sides.
  22. a small pool of water or other liquid. Also, slang for any body of water, regardless of size, used informally as a term of convenient reference. [v: dub]
  23. ^1: water on top of an ice sheet.  This can range from a shallow melt puddle to a 10 foot deep puddle over a fold down pressure ridge.
  24. Ahhh, the puddle. My welding instructor used to drill into my head "RELAX your hand and WATCH the PUDDLE!" The PUDDLE is the same as the WELD POOL. It is the molten filler metal that is combining with the PARENT METAL. You have to see it and manipulate it to make a good weld.
  25. The active welding bead melting the heated parent metal and the filler rod together. The finished weld is a hardened row of overlapping puddles.