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pond

Pronunciation: /pɒnd/

The English word “pond” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
  2. An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.

proper noun

  1. Chiefly in across the pond: the Atlantic Ocean.

verb

  1. To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
  2. To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
  3. To form a pond; to pool.
  4. To ponder.

Etymology

From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.

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