puddle
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
- 2.
(dialectal)(now dialectal) Stagnant or polluted water.
- 3.
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
- 4.
(rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To form a puddle.
- 2.
To play or splash in a puddle.
- 3.
(entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
- 4.
To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
- 5.
To line a canal with puddle (clay).
- 6.
To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
- 7.
To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
- 8.
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
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From Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd (ditch), from Proto-Germanic *puddaz (compare Pudel puddle, podel, Puttel, dialectal Pfudel, pudeln to splash about), ultimately.