puddle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.

   “Foꝛ with the only be theſe welles of lyfe, / Of frayle men ſpring but podels of myꝛe, / From whom ſourdeth errour ⁊ croked ſtrife[…]”

2. isim Stagnant or polluted water.

   “And fast beside a little brooke did pas / Of muddie water, that like puddle stank […].”

3. isim A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
4. isim The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.

   “I had only to see the 'puddle' to know that your paddle made it.”

5. fiil To form a puddle.
6. fiil To play or splash in a puddle.
7. fiil Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
8. fiil To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
9. fiil To line a canal with puddle (clay).
10. fiil To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
11. fiil To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.

    “Soon the Latino warrior had bared his beefy body. His bullet packed bandolier still draped over one shoulder served to emphasize the nakedness of the torso, as did the boots and the pants that were puddled about his ankles.”

12. fiil To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

    “Some unhatched practice […] / Hath puddled his clear spirit.”