puddle

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There is a story:A man is walking to a village when he falls into a puddle of quicksand.

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Quick take

a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of puddle gathered in one view.

noun

a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry

noun

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"

noun

something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for puddle.

noun

a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry

noun

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"

noun

something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"

verb

wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"

verb

subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"

verb

dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants"

verb

work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

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mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint"

verb

make into a puddle; "puddled mire"

verb

make a puddle by splashing water

verb

mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"

verb

eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"

Example sentences

There is a story:A man is walking to a village when he falls into a puddle of quicksand.

She reduces me to a babbling puddle of mush, and I'm enormously protective of her.

" and a conversation that starts, "Oh my God, let me tell you about how I just fell in a puddle in front of a group of nuns.

I believe this is another reason the boxes are raised up off the ground, so the bottom box isn't just sitting in a puddle.

Moreover, there was a small puddle of water on the desk from the air-conditioner above it that had been leaking.

[1]Firstly, it would require that every single puddle be discovered immediately.

Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, "This is an interesting world I find myself in an interesting hole I find myself in fits me rather neatly, doesn't it?

This disease is very dangerous especially in rainy season, when there are very many water puddle everywhere and the mosquitos breed.

Or shutting down all the freeways to end the risk of car accidents?We're all going to die somehow, and setting foot outside of your house carries a risk that a ladder might fall on your head, or that you'll slip in a puddle and break your neck.

And rms would be the first to agree with you that there are more important freedoms:"I hesitate to exaggerate the importance of this little puddle of freedom, because the more well-known and conventional areas of working for freedom and a better society are tremendously important.

What is speculation about this?- wifi and celltower db query servers are indeed hosted outside EU- Siri indeed uploads your whole address book - it even tells you about that beforehand!- iCloud tabs must upload every URL to a central server, it would not work otherwise- the mud puddle test* proves that iCloud backup is extractable from Apple servers by third parties.

There was a time when you'd just dump that stuff in a river instead of proper disposal and recycling, and we've got an interesting live example of what happens if we try it again...So is the two headed fish because of modest radio contamination, or because it grew up next to a puddle of used motor oil, or the warehouse full of insecticide that washed into the ocean, or...