1. A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
   "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain";
   - pool
    
2. Something resembling a pool of liquid
   "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines";
   - pool
    
3. A mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
   "They used puddle to seal the bottom of the artificial pond"

1. Make a puddle by splashing water
   "The children puddled water on the pavement"
    
2. Wade or dabble in a puddle
   "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"
    
3. Mess around, as in a liquid or paste
   "The children are having fun puddling in paint"
    
4. Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
   "The workers puddled the clay to prepare it for brick-making"
    
5. Subject to puddling or form by puddling
   "puddle iron"
    
6. Dip into mud before planting
   "puddle young plants"
    
7. Make into a puddle
   "puddled mire"

Derived forms: puddling, puddles, puddled

Type of: body of water, bundle, compact, covering material, forge, form, mess around [informal], mold [N. Amer], monkey around [informal], mould [Brit, Cdn], muck about [Brit, informal], muck around [Brit, informal], pack, place, plant, plash [rare], potter [Brit], putter [N. Amer], rile [N. Amer], roil, set, shape, spatter, splash, splatter, splosh [informal], spot, swash, tinker, topographic point, wad, wade, water, work

Encyclopedia: Puddle, Cornwall