[puhd-l] 
noun, verb, -dled, -dling.| 1. | a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground. |
| 2. | a small pool of any liquid. |
| 3. | clay or the like mixed with water and tempered, used as a waterproof lining for the walls of canals, ditches, etc. |
| 4. | to mark or scatter with puddles. |
| 5. | to wet with dirty water, mud, etc. |
| 6. | to make (water) muddy or dirty. |
| 7. | to muddle or confuse. |
| 8. | to make (clay or the like) into puddle. |
| 9. | to cover with pasty clay or puddle. |
| 10. | Metallurgy. to subject (molten iron) to the process of puddling. |
| 11. | to destroy the granular structure of (soil) by agricultural operations on it when it is too wet. |
| 12. | Horticulture. to dip the roots of (a tree, shrub, etc.) into a thin mixture of loam and water to retard drying out during transplanting. |
| 13. | to wade in a puddle: The children were puddling. |
| 14. | to be or become puddled: The backyard was puddling. |
| pud·dle (pŭd'l) n.
v. tr.
To splash or dabble in or as if in a pool of liquid. [Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd, ditch.] pud'dly adj. |
