puddle (English, verb)
expansion: puddle (third-person singular simple present puddles, present participle puddling, simple past and past participle puddled)
Senses:
glosses: To form a puddle.
glosses: To play or splash in a puddle.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
glosses: To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
glosses: To line a canal with puddle (clay).
glosses: To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
glosses: To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
glosses: To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
Forms:
form: puddles
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: puddling
tags: participle
present
form: puddled
tags: participle
past
form: puddled
tags: past