Puddle vs. Shape

Puddlenoun

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

Shapenoun

The status or condition of something

‘The used bookshop wouldn't offer much due to the poor shape of the book.’;

Puddlenoun

Stagnant or polluted water.

Shapenoun

Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

‘The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.’; ‘We exercise to keep in good physical shape.’;

Puddlenoun

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

Shapenoun

The appearance of something, especially its outline.

‘He cut a square shape out of the cake.’; ‘What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?’;

Puddlenoun

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

Shapenoun

Form; formation.

Puddleverb

To form a puddle.

Shapenoun

(iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

Puddleverb

To play or splash in a puddle.

Shapenoun

(iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.

Puddleverb

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

Shapenoun

A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.

Puddleverb

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

Shapenoun

(programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.

Puddleverb

To line a canal with puddle (clay).

Shapeverb

To create or make.

‘Earth was shapen by God for God's folk.’;

Puddleverb

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

Shapeverb

(transitive) To give something a shape and definition.

‘Shape the dough into a pretzel.’; ‘For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl.’;

Puddleverb

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

Shapeverb

To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.

Puddleverb

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

Shapeverb

(of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.

Puddlenoun

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

Shapeverb

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

Puddlenoun

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

Shapeverb

(obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.

Puddleverb

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

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

Shapeverb

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

‘I was shapen in iniquity.’; ‘Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face.’;

Puddleverb

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

Shapeverb

To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.

‘To the stream, when neither friends, nor force,Nor speed nor art avail, he shapes his course.’; ‘Charmed by their eyes, their manners I acquire,And shape my foolishness to their desire.’;

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.

Shapeverb

To imagine; to conceive; to call forth (ideas).

‘Oft my jealousyShapes faults that are not.’;

Puddleverb

To make a dirty stir.

Shapeverb

To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.

‘When shapen was all this conspiracy,From point to point.’; ‘I will early shape me therefor.’;

Puddlenoun

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

Shapeverb

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

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’;

Shapenoun

Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.

‘He beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman.’;

Puddlenoun

something resembling a pool of liquid;

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

Shapenoun

That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.

‘Before the gates three sat,On either side, a formidable shape.’;

Puddleverb

wade or dabble in a puddle;

‘The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard’;

Shapenoun

A model; a pattern; a mold.

Puddleverb

subject to puddling or form by puddling;

‘puddle iron’;

Shapenoun

Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.

Puddleverb

dip into mud before planting;

‘puddle young plants’;

Shapenoun

Dress for disguise; guise.

‘Look better on this virgin, and considerThis Persian shape laid by, and she appearingIn a Greekish dress.’;

Puddleverb

work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

Shapenoun

A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.

Puddleverb

mess around, as in a liquid or paste;

‘The children are having fun puddling in paint’;

Shapenoun

any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);

‘he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke’;

Puddleverb

make into a puddle;

‘puddled mire’;

Shapenoun

the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance;

‘geometry is the mathematical science of shape’;

Puddleverb

make a puddle by splashing water

Shapenoun

alternative names for the body of a human being;

‘Leonardo studied the human body’; ‘he has a strong physique’; ‘the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak’;

Puddleverb

mix up or confuse;

‘He muddled the issues’;

Shapenoun

a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept;

‘a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life’;

Puddleverb

eliminate urine;

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

Shapenoun

the visual appearance of something or someone;

‘the delicate cast of his features’;

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.

Shapenoun

the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

Shapenoun

the supremem headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe

Shapenoun

a perceptual structure;

‘the composition presents problems for students of musical form’; ‘a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them’;

Shapeverb

shape or influence; give direction to;

‘experience often determines ability’; ‘mold public opinion’;

Shapeverb

make something, usually for a specific function;

‘She molded the riceballs carefully’; ‘Form cylinders from the dough’; ‘shape a figure’; ‘Work the metal into a sword’;

Shapeverb

give a shape or form to;

‘shape the dough’;

Shape

A shape or figure is the form of an object or its external boundary, outline, or external surface, as opposed to other properties such as color, texture, or material type. A plane shape, two-dimensional shape, or 2D shape (plane figure, two-dimensional figure, or 2D figure) is constrained to lie on a plane, in contrast to solid figures.