Puddlenoun
A small pool of water, usually on a path or road.
Rainnoun
Condensed water falling from a cloud.
âWe've been having a lot of rain lately.â; âThe rains came late that year.â;
Puddlenoun
Stagnant or polluted water.
Rainnoun
(figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
Puddlenoun
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
Rainnoun
(figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
âA rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.â;
Puddlenoun
(rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
Rainverb
(impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
âIt will rain today.â;
Puddleverb
To form a puddle.
Rainverb
(intransitive) To fall as or like rain.
âIt will rain fire and brimstone at the end of days.â; âTears rained from her eyes.â; âLeaves rained from the tree.â; âBombs rained from the sky.â;
Puddleverb
To play or splash in a puddle.
Rainverb
(transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.
âThe boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.â;
Puddleverb
(entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
Rainverb
(obsolete) To reign.
Puddleverb
To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
Rainnoun
Reign.
Puddleverb
To line a canal with puddle (clay).
Rainnoun
Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.
âRain is water by the heat of the sun divided into very small parts ascending in the air, till, encountering the cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in drops.â; âFair days have oft contracted wind and rain.â;
Puddleverb
To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
Rainverb
To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; - used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains.
âThe rain it raineth every day.â;
Puddleverb
To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
Rainverb
To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.
Puddleverb
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
Rainverb
To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.
âThen said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you.â;
Puddlenoun
A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.
Rainverb
To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.
Puddlenoun
Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.
Rainnoun
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
Puddleverb
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
âSome unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit.â;
Rainnoun
drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
Puddleverb
To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
Rainnoun
anything happening rapidly or in quick successive;
âa rain of bulletsâ; âa pelting of insultsâ;
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.
Rainverb
precipitate as rain;
âIf it rains much more, we can expect some floodingâ;
Puddleverb
To make a dirty stir.
Rainnoun
the condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops
âit's pouring with rainâ; âthe rain had not stopped for daysâ;
Puddlenoun
a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
Rainnoun
falls of rain
âthe plants were washed away by unusually heavy rainsâ;
Puddlenoun
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;
âthere were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rainâ; âthe body lay in a pool of bloodâ;
Rainnoun
a large or overwhelming quantity of things that fall or descend
âhe fell under the rain of blowsâ;
Puddlenoun
something resembling a pool of liquid;
âhe stood in a pool of lightâ; âhis chair sat in a puddle of books and magazinesâ;
Rainverb
rain falls
âit was beginning to rainâ;
Puddleverb
wade or dabble in a puddle;
âThe ducks and geese puddled in the backyardâ;
Rainverb
(of the sky, the clouds, etc.) send down rain
âthe low sky raining over tower'd Camelotâ;
Puddleverb
subject to puddling or form by puddling;
âpuddle ironâ;
Rainverb
fall or cause to fall in large or overwhelming quantities
âbombs rained downâ; âshe rained blows on to himâ;
Puddleverb
dip into mud before planting;
âpuddle young plantsâ;
Rainverb
used to convey that a specified thing is falling in large quantities
âit was just raining glassâ;
Puddleverb
work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
Rain
Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then become heavy enough to fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth.
Puddleverb
mess around, as in a liquid or paste;
âThe children are having fun puddling in paintâ;
Puddleverb
make into a puddle;
âpuddled mireâ;
Puddleverb
make a puddle by splashing water
Puddleverb
mix up or confuse;
âHe muddled the issuesâ;
Puddleverb
eliminate urine;
âAgain, the cat had made on the expensive rugâ;
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.