puddle
To form a puddleTo form a puddle.
» He jumped across the puddle.
Er sprang über die Pfütze.
Он перепрыгнул через лужу.
Він перестрибнув через калюжу.
Meaning
8 sensesTo form a puddle.
make into a puddle
To play or splash in a puddle.
wade or dabble in a puddle
Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
To line a canal with puddle (clay).
To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
make a puddle by splashing water
Examples
56 sentencesHe jumped across the puddle.
Він перестрибнув через калюжу.
ruОн перепрыгнул через лужу.
deEr sprang über die Pfütze.
Tom jumped across the mud puddle.
ruТом перепрыгнул через грязную лужу.
deTom sprang über die Schlammpfütze.
Tom stepped in a puddle of water.
ruТом наступил в лужу.
Be careful not to step in the mud puddle.
ruОсторожно, не наступи в грязную лужу.
After the rain, there were puddles on the road.
ruПосле дождя на дороге были лужи.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd (“ditch”), from Proto-Germanic *From Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd (“ditch”), from Proto-Germanic *puddaz (compare Low German Pudel (“puddle”), Middle High German podel (“quagmire, mudhole”), Hunsrik Puttel, dialectal German Pfudel (“puddle”), German pudeln (“to splash about”)), ultimately imitative.
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Forms
puddles, puddling, puddled, puddledSynonyms
16 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle