puddled

Formed shallow pools

Puddled describes something that has formed puddles or become waterlogged: The puddled parking lot reflected the streetlights.

In metallurgy, puddled iron has been refined by stirring molten pig iron to remove carbon—an industrial process largely obsolete since the late 19th century.

Figuratively, puddled can mean muddled or confused: His puddled thinking got worse as the night wore on.

waterlogged

soggy

Thoroughly wet and soft

soaked · pooled · flooded · standing water · muddy · marshy · boggy · swampy · squelchy · splashed

muddied

muddy

Obscured by silt

silted · dirty · soiled · stirred up · opaque · thick · roiled · unsettled · sludgy · mucky

molten

molten

Liquefied by extreme heat

furnace · slag · metal · cast · iron · copper · liquid metal · poured · forged · bloomery

trampled

churned

Stirred vigorously

footprints · hoofprints · trodden · splattered · stomped · waded · sloshed · stirred · tracked

Categories
Opposites
water state/movement

puddleddrained

Emptied of resources

flowing · running · streaming · channeled · dispersed

surface condition

puddleddry

Free from moisture

drained · dried · bone-dry · arid · parched

mental state

puddledclearheaded

Mentally focused and rational

lucid · sharp · focused · coherent · composed

Phrases
Family

puddle, puddles, puddling

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G