pond

SayPOND/pɑnd/UK/pɒnd/

6 meanings of pond

1
nouncountable
A small inland body of still water, smaller than a lake.
Like a small lake, but you could walk all the way around it quickly.
The ducks swam across the pond in the park.
We caught small fish in the pond behind the house.
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2
nouncolloquial
A playful name for the Atlantic Ocean, used mostly in the phrase "across the pond."
As if the whole ocean were just a little puddle to step over.
My cousin lives across the pond in London.
They flew across the pond for the wedding last spring.
SimilarAtlantic
3
verbintransitive
To collect and sit as still water in one place.
Like a puddle forming where the ground dips down.
Rain ponded in the dip at the end of the driveway.
Water tends to pond near the back fence after every storm.
Similarpool, collect, accumulate, gather
Oppositedrain
4
verbtransitive
To block flowing water so it can only leave by drying up or soaking away.
Like putting a board across a gutter so the water can't run away.
Workers ponded the stream to make a place for swimming.
They pond the creek each summer to keep water for the fields.
Similarimpound, dam
5
verbtransitive
To gather water into a pond by blocking its flow.
Like cupping your hands under a faucet to hold the water.
The farmer ponded the spring water to make a place for ducks.
They pond the runoff to keep it for the dry months.
Similardam, impound
6
nouncountable
A body of still water, fed by springs rather than a river, that can be any size.
Like a natural bowl that springs keep filling from below.
The pond near the cave is filled by a cold spring.
Even a large pond can stay clear when springs feed it.
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Origin

From Middle English pond, probably from an Old English word meaning "enclosure." It is related to the word pound.