puddle

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

Stagnant or polluted water.

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

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

To form a puddle.

To play or splash in a puddle.

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

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

To line a canal with puddle (clay).

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

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

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