Definition of puddle

• n. - A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.
• n. - Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.
• v. t. - To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
• v. t. - To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
• v. t. - To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to.
• v. t. - To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron.
• v. i. - To make a dirty stir.