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Puddle vs. Shape — What's the Difference?

Puddle vs. Shape — What's the Difference?

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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.

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.

Puddle

A small pool of water, especially rainwater.

Shape

The characteristic surface configuration of a thing; an outline or contour
A lake in the shape of an hourglass.

Puddle

A small pool of a liquid.
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Shape

Spatial form, contour, or appearance
The sandy coastline is always changing shape.

Puddle

A tempered paste of wet clay and sand that serves as waterproofing when dry.

Shape

The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal
Saw two shapes walking toward her in the night.

Puddle

To make muddy.

Shape

The contour of a person's body; the figure
A swimmer with a slender shape.

Puddle

To work (clay or sand) into a thick watertight paste.

Shape

A definite or distinctive form
Our discussion acquired the shape of an argument.

Puddle

To process (impure metal) by puddling.

Shape

Form, condition, or embodiment
How is your research project taking shape?.

Puddle

To splash or dabble in or as if in a pool of liquid.

Shape

A desirable form
A fabric that holds its shape.

Puddle

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

Shape

Assumed or false appearance; guise
A god in the shape of a swan.

Puddle

Stagnant or polluted water.

Shape

A ghostly form; a phantom
Shapes appeared in his bedroom at night.

Puddle

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

Shape

Something, such as a mold or pattern, used to give or determine form.

Puddle

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

Shape

The condition of something with regard to effectiveness, use, or appearance
What kind of shape is your car in?.

Puddle

To form a puddle.

Shape

Bodily condition, as in regard to muscle tone or endurance
She's in great shape after working out for six months.

Puddle

To play or splash in a puddle.

Shape

To give a particular form to (a material)
Shape the dough into baguettes.

Puddle

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

Shape

To create or configure, as from a material
A sculpture that was shaped out of ice.

Puddle

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

Shape

To cause to conform to a particular form
A pool that is shaped like an hourglass.
A bone that is shaped to bear weight.

Puddle

To line a canal with puddle (clay).

Shape

To plan or devise
Shape a new educational program.

Puddle

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

Shape

To embody in a definite form
Shaped a folk tale into an opera.

Puddle

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

Shape

To influence in a formative way
Experiences that shaped his identity.

Puddle

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

Shape

To direct the course of
"He shaped history as well as being shaped by it" (Robert J. Samuelson).

Puddle

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

Shape

The status or condition of something
The used bookshop wouldn’t offer much due to the poor shape of the book.

Puddle

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

Shape

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.

Puddle

To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit.

Shape

The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure.
He cut a square shape out of the cake.
What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?

Puddle

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

Shape

Form; formation.

Puddle

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.

Shape

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

Puddle

To make a dirty stir.

Shape

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

Puddle

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

Shape

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

Puddle

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

Shape

(gambling) A loaded die.

Puddle

Something resembling a pool of liquid;
He stood in a pool of light
His chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines

Shape

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

Puddle

Wade or dabble in a puddle;
The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard

Shape

To create or make.
Earth was shapen by God for God's folk.

Puddle

Subject to puddling or form by puddling;
Puddle iron

Shape

(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.

Puddle

Dip into mud before planting;
Puddle young plants

Shape

To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.

Puddle

Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud

Shape

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

Puddle

Mess around, as in a liquid or paste;
The children are having fun puddling in paint

Shape

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

Puddle

Make into a puddle;
Puddled mire

Shape

(obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.

Puddle

Make a puddle by splashing water

Shape

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.

Puddle

Mix up or confuse;
He muddled the issues

Shape

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.

Puddle

Eliminate urine;
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug

Shape

To imagine; to conceive; to call forth (ideas).
Oft my jealousyShapes faults that are not.

Shape

To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.
When shapen was all this conspiracy,From point to point.
I will early shape me therefor.

Shape

To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.

Shape

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.

Shape

That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.
Before the gates three sat,On either side, a formidable shape.

Shape

A model; a pattern; a mold.

Shape

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

Shape

Dress for disguise; guise.
Look better on this virgin, and considerThis Persian shape laid by, and she appearingIn a Greekish dress.

Shape

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

Shape

Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);
He could barely make out their shapes through the smoke

Shape

The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance;
Geometry is the mathematical science of shape

Shape

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

Shape

A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept;
A circle was the embodiment of his concept of life

Shape

The visual appearance of something or someone;
The delicate cast of his features

Shape

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

Shape

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

Shape

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

Shape

Shape or influence; give direction to;
Experience often determines ability
Mold public opinion

Shape

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

Shape

Give a shape or form to;
Shape the dough

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