▸ noun: A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road. ▸ noun: (now dialectal) Stagnant or polluted water. ▸ noun: A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight. ▸ noun: (rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water. ▸ verb: To form a puddle. ▸ verb: To play or splash in a puddle. ▸ verb: (entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients. ▸ verb: To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling. ▸ verb: To line a canal with puddle (clay). ▸ verb: To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation. ▸ verb: To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water. ▸ verb: To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
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