pond.
An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
Meaning & usage
An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.
Chiefly in across the pond: the Atlantic Ocean.
I wonder how they do this on the other side of the pond.
I haven’t been back home across the pond in twenty years.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.
To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
To form a pond; to pool.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.
To ponder.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of ponder.
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