puddle
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
Types & categories
- covering material hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
wade or dabble in a puddle
The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard
Types & categories
- wade hypernym
Related & opposite
- puddle derivation
Sense 3 noun
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
Types & categories
- body of water hypernym
- billabong hyponym
- mud puddle hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
subject to puddling or form by puddling
puddle iron
Types & categories
- shape hypernym
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Sense 5 noun
something resembling a pool of liquid
he stood in a pool of light
Types & categories
- spot hypernym
Sense 6 verb
dip into mud before planting
puddle young plants
Types & categories
- plant hypernym
Sense 7 verb
work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
Types & categories
- wad hypernym
Related & opposite
- puddle derivation
Sense 8 verb
mess around, as in a liquid or paste
The children are having fun puddling in paint
Types & categories
- tinker hypernym
Sense 9 verb
make into a puddle
puddled mire
Types & categories
- roil hypernym
Sense 10 verb
make a puddle by splashing water
Types & categories
- spatter hypernym
Related & opposite
- puddle derivation
Sense 11 verb
mix up or confuse
He muddled the issues
Types & categories
- mix up hypernym
Related & opposite
- jumble derivation
Sense 12 verb
eliminate urine
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | puddle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | puddle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | covering material |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | puddle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wade |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | puddle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | puddle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | body of water |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | billabong |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mud puddle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | puddler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | puddle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | spot |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | puddle |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | wad |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | tinker |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | roil |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | puddle |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | spatter |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | jumble |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | mix up |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | pisser |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | micturition |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | peeing |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | pee |
| 12 | verb group | Related & opposite | urinate |
| 12 | verb group | Related & opposite | crap |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | excrete |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | wet |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | stale |