Pool vs. Puddle

Poolnoun

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water.

‘the pools of Solomon’;

Puddlenoun

A small pool of water, usually on a path or road.

Poolnoun

A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

Puddlenoun

Stagnant or polluted water.

Poolnoun

ellipsis of swimming pool.

Puddlenoun

A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.

Poolnoun

A supply of resources.

‘There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager.’;

Puddlenoun

(rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.

Poolnoun

A set of resources that are kept ready to use.

Puddleverb

To form a puddle.

Poolnoun

A small amount of liquid on a surface, such as a pool of blood.

Puddleverb

To play or splash in a puddle.

Poolnoun

A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game

Puddleverb

(entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.

Poolnoun

(sport) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour, 7 of another, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.

Puddleverb

To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.

Poolnoun

In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.

Puddleverb

To line a canal with puddle (clay).

Poolnoun

Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

Puddleverb

To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.

Poolnoun

The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.

Puddleverb

To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.

Poolnoun

A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.

‘The pool took all the wheat offered below the limit.’; ‘He put $10,000 into the pool.’;

Puddleverb

To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

Poolnoun

(rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.

Puddlenoun

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

Poolnoun

(legal) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.

Puddlenoun

Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.

Poolverb

to form a pool

Puddleverb

To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

‘Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit.’;

Poolverb

(transitive) to put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of

‘We must pool our resources.’;

Puddleverb

To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.

Poolverb

(intransitive) to combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction

Puddleverb

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.

Poolnoun

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon.

‘Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool.’; ‘The sleepy pool above the dam.’;

Puddleverb

To make a dirty stir.

Poolnoun

A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

Puddlenoun

a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry

Poolnoun

The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes.

Puddlenoun

a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;

‘there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain’; ‘the body lay in a pool of blood’;

Poolnoun

A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.

‘He plays pool at the billiard houses.’;

Puddlenoun

something resembling a pool of liquid;

‘he stood in a pool of light’; ‘his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines’;

Poolnoun

In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.

Puddleverb

wade or dabble in a puddle;

‘The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard’;

Poolnoun

Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

Puddleverb

subject to puddling or form by puddling;

‘puddle iron’;

Poolnoun

A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool.

Puddleverb

dip into mud before planting;

‘puddle young plants’;

Poolnoun

A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.

Puddleverb

work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

Poolnoun

An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.

Puddleverb

mess around, as in a liquid or paste;

‘The children are having fun puddling in paint’;

Poolverb

To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic.

‘Finally, it favors the poolingof all issues.’;

Puddleverb

make into a puddle;

‘puddled mire’;

Poolverb

To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

Puddleverb

make a puddle by splashing water

Poolnoun

an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

Puddleverb

mix up or confuse;

‘He muddled the issues’;

Poolnoun

a small lake;

‘the pond was too small for sailing’;

Puddleverb

eliminate urine;

‘Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug’;

Poolnoun

an organization of people or resources that can be shared;

‘a car pool’; ‘a secretarial pool’; ‘when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool’;

Puddle

A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface. It can form either by pooling in a depression on the surface, or by surface tension upon a flat surface.

Poolnoun

an association of companies for some definite purpose

Poolnoun

any communal combination of funds;

‘everyone contributed to the pool’;

Poolnoun

a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;

‘there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain’; ‘the body lay in a pool of blood’;

Poolnoun

the combined stakes of the betters

Poolnoun

something resembling a pool of liquid;

‘he stood in a pool of light’; ‘his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines’;

Poolnoun

any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets

Poolverb

combine into a common fund;

‘We pooled resources’;

Poolverb

join or form a pool of people