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puddle

About 0.81 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun Stagnant or polluted water.
  3. noun A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
  4. noun The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
  5. verb To form a puddle.
  6. verb To play or splash in a puddle.
  7. verb Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
  8. verb To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.

Similar words

pool spend a penny pass water urinate make water micturate piddle take a leak piss pee

Often followed by

of and on in at is to that or

Word family

puddled puddler puddlers puddles puddling

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