English-Thai Dictionary

puddle

N แอ่งน้ำ ขนาดเล็ก  หล่ม  บ่อ ดิน  plash mud puddle rut ang-nam-ka-nad-lek-lek

 

puddle jumper

SL เครื่องบิน ขนาดเล็ก  kruang-bin-ka-nad-lek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUDDLE

n.A small stand of dirty water; a muddy splash.

 

PUDDLE

v.t.To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt and water. 1. To make thick or close.

 

PUDDLED

pp. Made muddy or foul.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PUDDLE

Pud "dle, n. Etym: [OE. podel; cf. LG. pudel, Ir. & Gael. plod pool. ]

 

1. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool. Spenser.

 

2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water. Puddle poet, a low or worthless poet. [R.] Fuller.

 

PUDDLE

Pud "dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Puddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Puddling. ]

 

1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water ). Some unhatched practice. .. Hath puddled his clear spirit. Shak.

 

2. (a ) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water. (b ) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to.

 

3. 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. Ure. Puddled steel, steel made directly from cast iron by a modification of the puddling process.

 

PUDDLE

PUDDLE Pud "dle, v. i.

 

Defn: To make a dirty stir. [Obs. ] R. Junius.

 

PUDDLE-BALL

PUDDLE-BALL Pud "dle-ball `, n.

 

Defn: The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled.

 

PUDDLE-BAR

PUDDLE-BAR Pud "dle-bar ", n.

 

Defn: An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammering and rolling.

 

PUDDLER

PUDDLER Pud "dler, n.

 

Defn: One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

puddle

pud dle |ˈpədl ˈpədl | ▶noun 1 a small pool of liquid, esp. of rainwater on the ground: splashing through deep puddles | figurative : a little puddle of light. 2 clay and sand mixed with water and used as a watertight covering for embankments. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 wet or cover (a surface ) with water, esp. rainwater: the cobbles under our feet were wet and puddled. • [ no obj. ] (of liquid ) form a small pool: rivulets of water coursed down the panes, puddling on the sill. • [ no obj. ] archaic dabble or wallow in mud or shallow water: children are playing and puddling about in the dirt. • [ no obj. ] (puddle around /about ) informal occupy oneself in a disorganized or unproductive way: the Internet is just the latest excuse for puddling around at work. 2 line (a hole ) with puddle. • knead (clay and sand ) into puddle. • work (mixed water and clay ) to separate gold or opal. • (usu. as noun puddling ) chiefly historical stir (molten iron ) with iron oxide in a furnace, to produce wrought iron by oxidizing carbon. DERIVATIVES pud dler |ˈpədlər, ˈpədl -ər |noun, pud dly |ˈpədlē, ˈpədl -ē |adjective ORIGIN Middle English: diminutive of Old English pudd ‘ditch, furrow ’; compare with German dialect Pfudel ‘pool. ’

 

puddle jumper

pud dle jump er ▶noun informal a small light airplane that is fast and highly maneuverable and used for short trips.

 

Oxford Dictionary

puddle

pud ¦dle |ˈpʌd (ə )l | ▶noun 1 a small pool of liquid, especially of rainwater on the ground: splashing through deep puddles | figurative : a little puddle of light. 2 [ mass noun ] clay and sand mixed with water and used as a watertight covering for embankments. 3 Rowing a circular patch of disturbed water made by the blade of an oar at each stroke. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 wet or cover (a surface ) with water, especially rainwater: the cobbles under our feet were wet and puddled. • [ no obj. ] (of liquid ) form a small pool: rivulets of water coursed down the panes, puddling on the sill. • [ no obj. ] archaic dabble or wallow in mud or shallow water: children are playing and puddling about in the dirt. • [ no obj. ] (puddle about /around ) informal occupy oneself in a disorganized or unproductive way: the Internet is just the latest excuse for puddling around at work. 2 line (a hole ) with puddle. • knead (clay and sand ) into puddle. • work (mixed water and clay ) to separate gold or opal. • (usu. as noun puddling ) chiefly historical stir (molten iron ) with iron oxide in a furnace, to produce wrought iron by oxidizing carbon. DERIVATIVES puddler noun, puddly adjective ORIGIN Middle English: diminutive of Old English pudd ‘ditch, furrow ’; compare with German dialect Pfudel ‘pool ’.

 

puddle jumper

pud ¦dle jump |er ▶noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. a small light aeroplane which is fast and manoeuvrable and used for short trips.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

puddle

puddle noun puppies and kids are drawn to puddles the way moths are drawn to light: pool, spill, splash; literary plash.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

puddle

puddle noun puddles of water: pool, spill, splash; literary plash.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

puddle

pud dle /pʌ́d (ə )l /名詞 C 水たまり (!油などにも言う ) .動詞 他動詞 1 …をこね土にする .2 …に水たまりをつくる .3 …を泥水で汚す [ぬらす ].自動詞 水たまりになる .～́ j ù mper ｟俗 ｠(短距離を飛ぶ )軽 [小型 ]飛行機 .