fountain vs puddle

fountain

verb
  • To flow or gush as if from a fountain. 

noun
  • An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. 

  • A natural source of water; a spring. 

  • A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. 

  • A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). 

  • A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it. 

  • A roundel barry wavy argent and azure. 

  • A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain. 

  • Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. 

  • The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue. 

  • A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. 

  • A soda fountain. 

puddle

verb
  • To form a puddle. 

  • To line a canal with puddle (clay). 

  • 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 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). 

noun
  • 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. 

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

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