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Noun puddle has 3 senses

puddle - a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
--₁ is a kind of covering material

Derived forms: verb puddle₄, verb puddle₂
pool, puddle - 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"
--₂ is a kind of body of water, water
--₂ has particulars: billabong; mud puddle
Derived forms: verb puddle₇, verb puddle₁
pool, puddle - something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
--₃ is a kind of topographic point, place, spot

Verb puddle has 9 senses

puddle - wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"
--₁ is one way to wade

Derived form: noun puddle₂
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue puddle
puddle - subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"
--₂ is one way to shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge

Derived forms: noun puddle₁, noun puddler₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
puddle - dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants"
--₃ is one way to plant, set
Sample sentence:
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puddle - work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
--₄ is one way to pack, bundle, wad, compact

Derived form: noun puddle₁
Sample sentence:
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puddle - mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint"
--₅ is one way to putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around
Sample sentences:
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muddle, puddle - make into a puddle; "puddled mire"
--₆ is one way to roil, rile
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
puddle - make a puddle by splashing water
--₇ is one way to spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash

Derived form: noun puddle₂
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s
addle, muddle, puddle - mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"
--₈ is one way to jumble, confuse, mix up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
--₉ is one way to excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
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