<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground</li><li>a small pool of any liquid</li><li>clay or the like mixed with water and tempered, used as a waterproof lining for the walls of canals, ditches, etc.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to mark or scatter with puddles</li><li>to wet with dirty water, mud, etc.</li><li>to make (water) muddy or dirty</li><li>to muddle or confuse</li><li>to make (clay or the like) into puddle</li><li>to cover with pasty clay or puddle</li><li>to subject (molten iron) to the process of puddling</li><li>to destroy the granular structure of (soil) by agricultural operations on it when it is too wet</li><li>to dip the roots of (a tree, shrub, etc.) into a thin mixture of loam and water to retard drying out during transplanting</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to wade in a puddle</li><li>to be or become puddled</li></ul>