"bepuddle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bepuddles [present, singular, third-person], bepuddling [participle, present], bepuddled [participle, past], bepuddled [past]
Etymology: be- + puddle Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|puddle}} be- + puddle Head templates: {{en-verb}} bepuddle (third-person singular simple present bepuddles, present participle bepuddling, simple past and past participle bepuddled)
  1. To cover or fill with puddles.
    Sense id: en-bepuddle-en-verb-ybadVICb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 54 46
  2. (by extension) To soil or debase. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-bepuddle-en-verb-zQaAfd0E Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 54 46

Inflected forms

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