Puddle
noun
A small pool of liquid, usually from rain.
She accidentally stepped in a puddle after the rain.
Often appears as...
- rain puddle
- jump in a puddle
verb
To make a puddle, or to get something wet with small pools of liquid.
The spilled water puddled on the floor.
Often appears as...
- water puddled
- puddled on the floor
noun
In metalworking, a method of converting pig iron into malleable iron.
The blacksmith uses puddling to make the iron more useful.
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To work (wet clay, for example) so as to make dense and impervious to water.
She was puddling the clay to prepare it for her pottery project.
Often appears as...
- puddling clay
- clay is puddled
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A small pool of liquid, usually from rain.
She accidentally stepped in a puddle after the rain.
Often appears as...
- rain puddle
- jump in a puddle
verb
To make a puddle, or to get something wet with small pools of liquid.
The spilled water puddled on the floor.
Often appears as...
- water puddled
- puddled on the floor
noun
In metalworking, a method of converting pig iron into malleable iron.
The blacksmith uses puddling to make the iron more useful.
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To work (wet clay, for example) so as to make dense and impervious to water.
She was puddling the clay to prepare it for her pottery project.
Often appears as...
- puddling clay
- clay is puddled
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Water
Though often from rain, puddles can consist of other liquids, like spilled drinks or oil.
A spilled beverage created a sticky puddle on the kitchen floor.
Pro Tip 2/3Small Size
Puddles are small and shallow. Bigger bodies of water are not called puddles.
Children watched the fish swim in the pond, too big to be a puddle.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Nature
Puddles are usually short-lived, drying up after some time.
By noon, the morning's puddles had all disappeared.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Water
Though often from rain, puddles can consist of other liquids, like spilled drinks or oil.
A spilled beverage created a sticky puddle on the kitchen floor.
Pro Tip 2/3Small Size
Puddles are small and shallow. Bigger bodies of water are not called puddles.
Children watched the fish swim in the pond, too big to be a puddle.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Nature
Puddles are usually short-lived, drying up after some time.
By noon, the morning's puddles had all disappeared.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Water
Though often from rain, puddles can consist of other liquids, like spilled drinks or oil.
A spilled beverage created a sticky puddle on the kitchen floor.
Pro Tip 2/3Small Size
Puddles are small and shallow. Bigger bodies of water are not called puddles.
Children watched the fish swim in the pond, too big to be a puddle.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Nature
Puddles are usually short-lived, drying up after some time.
By noon, the morning's puddles had all disappeared.
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Adorable Underwater Dogs...
pain and also that helps them move more easily so we think of doggy paddle that we passed and dual wheel ends yeah I mean are there any different kinds of puddle of you sort of turn they all have their own particular style and you'll see if the thoughts moving quite differently and the difference between swimming and on land is when they're
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Deep ocean mysteries and...
which tells us that life really wants to happen. So, pretty amazing stuff. Every time we go to the bottom of the sea, we explore with our submarines, with our robots, we see something that's usually surprising, sometimes it's startling and sometimes revolutionary. You see that puddle of water sitting there.
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Hadyn Parry: Re-engineeri...
They will lay their eggs in clear water, any pool, any puddle, any birdbath, any flower pot, anywhere there's clear water, they'll lay their eggs, and if that clear water is near freight, it's near a port, if it's anywhere near transport, those eggs will then get transported around the world.
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Amelia Earhart Part I:...
so there's a lot of the atlantis and a lot of cockamamie things out there this thing's cockamania this has really happened but he's quick to point out how difficult a task this might be but it's a big puddle of water the pacific is a third of the earth it's a big bucket of water and it's deep
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Ebony Roberts and Shaka...
We nurture his natural curiosity about the universe and his relationship to the world. Remember that time when we were coming in from a long day at work, and Sekou found a puddle outside, a puddle of mud, mind you. Had a brand new fresh outfit on, Levi's from head to toe.
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3 ways to create a space...
And I hit the puddle, and -- ffftt! -- all the water underneath my car, and instantly, I have an aha moment. Light bulb goes off. Everything in the world needs to be designed. I mean, I'm sure I was thinking, "The drainage needs to be designed in this parking lot."
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Filming Antarctica's...
were working every day the sun sun's influence was getting more and more the surface of the ice in some areas especially areas say where the the ice was that little bit thinner we were starting to see formations of kind of like puddles of melted water
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Fur Seals Overcome...
the mother's super fatty milk allows the pups to rapidly gain weight and strength in the safety of the puddle the pups engage in their own little battles it's all fun and games now but in seven or eight years time their life will
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What we didn't know...
And the interaction is crucial. Without both elements you have no support. If you have fluid with no wall to surround it and keep pressure up, you have a puddle. And if you have just the wall
Video examples
The Cubs Play in the...
favorite thing in the whole world running in the puddle kills great fun me and my friends can get muddy and wet all the jump in and splishing and splashing I love it hey there's a bird
Video examples
Adorable Underwater Dogs...
pain and also that helps them move more easily so we think of doggy paddle that we passed and dual wheel ends yeah I mean are there any different kinds of puddle of you sort of turn they all have their own particular style and you'll see if the thoughts moving quite differently and the difference between swimming and on land is when they're
Video examples
Deep ocean mysteries and...
which tells us that life really wants to happen. So, pretty amazing stuff. Every time we go to the bottom of the sea, we explore with our submarines, with our robots, we see something that's usually surprising, sometimes it's startling and sometimes revolutionary. You see that puddle of water sitting there.
Video examples
Hadyn Parry: Re-engineeri...
They will lay their eggs in clear water, any pool, any puddle, any birdbath, any flower pot, anywhere there's clear water, they'll lay their eggs, and if that clear water is near freight, it's near a port, if it's anywhere near transport, those eggs will then get transported around the world.
Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part I:...
so there's a lot of the atlantis and a lot of cockamamie things out there this thing's cockamania this has really happened but he's quick to point out how difficult a task this might be but it's a big puddle of water the pacific is a third of the earth it's a big bucket of water and it's deep
Video examples
Ebony Roberts and Shaka...
We nurture his natural curiosity about the universe and his relationship to the world. Remember that time when we were coming in from a long day at work, and Sekou found a puddle outside, a puddle of mud, mind you. Had a brand new fresh outfit on, Levi's from head to toe.
Video examples
3 ways to create a space...
And I hit the puddle, and -- ffftt! -- all the water underneath my car, and instantly, I have an aha moment. Light bulb goes off. Everything in the world needs to be designed. I mean, I'm sure I was thinking, "The drainage needs to be designed in this parking lot."
Video examples
Filming Antarctica's...
were working every day the sun sun's influence was getting more and more the surface of the ice in some areas especially areas say where the the ice was that little bit thinner we were starting to see formations of kind of like puddles of melted water
Video examples
Fur Seals Overcome...
the mother's super fatty milk allows the pups to rapidly gain weight and strength in the safety of the puddle the pups engage in their own little battles it's all fun and games now but in seven or eight years time their life will
Video examples
What we didn't know...
And the interaction is crucial. Without both elements you have no support. If you have fluid with no wall to surround it and keep pressure up, you have a puddle. And if you have just the wall
Video examples
The Cubs Play in the...
favorite thing in the whole world running in the puddle kills great fun me and my friends can get muddy and wet all the jump in and splishing and splashing I love it hey there's a bird
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M. Shadows
American Musician
Someone sent me an article on AI that was written by Tim Urban on the website Wait but Why - that was kind of where I stuck my toes in the puddle, and I said, 'OK, I've gotta learn about this!' I felt like this is one of those things that our generation is going to have to answer for, eventually, and I just wanted to educate myself on it.
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Jack Davenport
British Actor
Adult actors are really childish, and that's nice to be around when you're a kid. So the big reason I wanted to be an actor was I really enjoyed actors' company - which probably makes me about as shallow as a puddle. But it could be worse. I could be working for a living.
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Raheem Sterling
English Athlete
Thank God I had football. I remember when it used to rain, all the kids would run outside and play football in the puddles, just splashing around, having the best time.
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Steven Spielberg
American Director
Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.
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Barry Goldwater
American Politician
I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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Jason Alexander
American Actor
Jerry Seinfeld made a puddle, I stepped in it, and wonderful things happened.
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Joe Buck
American Celebrity
I live in a puddle of guilt, an ocean of guilt that you want your own time.
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Mel Giedroyc
English Entertainer
Nobody likes a presenter melting in a self-indulgent puddle of tears.
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Millie Bobby Brown
English Actress
I'm really small, so I think if I shrink, I'd turn into a puddle.
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Lance Loud
American Actor
I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.
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M. Shadows
American Musician
Someone sent me an article on AI that was written by Tim Urban on the website Wait but Why - that was kind of where I stuck my toes in the puddle, and I said, 'OK, I've gotta learn about this!' I felt like this is one of those things that our generation is going to have to answer for, eventually, and I just wanted to educate myself on it.
Quote examples
Jack Davenport
British Actor
Adult actors are really childish, and that's nice to be around when you're a kid. So the big reason I wanted to be an actor was I really enjoyed actors' company - which probably makes me about as shallow as a puddle. But it could be worse. I could be working for a living.
Quote examples
Raheem Sterling
English Athlete
Thank God I had football. I remember when it used to rain, all the kids would run outside and play football in the puddles, just splashing around, having the best time.
Quote examples
Steven Spielberg
American Director
Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.
Quote examples
Barry Goldwater
American Politician
I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
Quote examples
Jason Alexander
American Actor
Jerry Seinfeld made a puddle, I stepped in it, and wonderful things happened.
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Joe Buck
American Celebrity
I live in a puddle of guilt, an ocean of guilt that you want your own time.
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Mel Giedroyc
English Entertainer
Nobody likes a presenter melting in a self-indulgent puddle of tears.
Quote examples
Millie Bobby Brown
English Actress
I'm really small, so I think if I shrink, I'd turn into a puddle.
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Lance Loud
American Actor
I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.
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