Puddle



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• n.水坑, 洼
• ［英］ n.水坑, 洼 ( a very small pool of dirty or muddy water)
• ［记］ 注意不要和peddle ( 沿街叫卖) 相混

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English podel; akin to Low German pudel puddle, Old English pudd ditch
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a very small pool of usually dirty or muddy water
• 2.
  • a. an earthy mixture (as of clay, sand, and gravel) worked while wet into a compact mass that becomes impervious to water when dry
  • b. a thin mixture of soil and water for puddling plants

II. verb (puddled; puddling)

• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • to dabble or wade around in a puddle
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make muddy or turbid ; muddle
  • 2.
    • a. to work (a wet mixture of earth or concrete) into a dense impervious mass
    • b. to subject (iron) to the process of puddling
  • 3.
    • a. to strew with puddles
    • b. to compact (soil) especially by working when too wet
    • c. to dip the roots of (a plant) in a thin mud before transplanting
• ? puddler noun

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