Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun puddle

3 senses of puddle

Sense 1
puddle -- (a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry)
       => covering material -- (a material used by builders to cover surfaces)

Sense 2
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")
       => body of water, water -- (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge")

Sense 3
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")
       => topographic point, place, spot -- (a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb puddle

9 senses of puddle

Sense 1
puddle -- (wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard")
       => wade -- (walk (through relatively shallow water); "Can we wade across the river to the other side?"; "Wade the pond")

Sense 2
puddle -- (subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron")
       => shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge -- (make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword")

Sense 3
puddle -- (dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants")
       => plant, set -- (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden")

Sense 4
puddle -- (work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud)
       => pack, bundle, wad, compact -- (compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box")

Sense 5
puddle -- (mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint")
       => putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around -- (do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house")

Sense 6
muddle, puddle -- (make into a puddle; "puddled mire")
       => roil, rile -- (make turbid by stirring up the sediments of)

Sense 7
puddle -- (make a puddle by splashing water)
       => spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash -- (dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water")

Sense 8
addle, muddle, puddle -- (mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues")
       => jumble, confuse, mix up -- (assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence")

Sense 9
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")
       => excrete, egest, eliminate, pass -- (eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone")