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pond

[pond]

noun

  1. a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.

  2. Informal.the pond, the Atlantic Ocean.

    American companies are finding business is different on the other side of the pond.



verb (used without object)

  1. (especially of water) to collect into a pond or large puddle.

    to prevent rainwater from ponding on the roof.

pond

/ ɒԻ /

noun

    1. a pool of still water, often artificially created

    2. ( in combination )

      a fishpond

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pond

  1. An inland body of standing water that is smaller than a lake. Natural ponds form in small depressions and are usually shallow enough to support rooted vegetation across most or all of their areas.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pond1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ponde, pande, akin to Old English pynding “d,” gepyndan “to impound.” See pound 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pond1

C13 ponde enclosure; related to pound ³
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In the heart of north Wiltshire, I bump down another farm track, past a pond and a field of a dozen young brown calves.

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In 2017, state water regulators adopted an agreement setting targets for state agencies in building thousands of acres of ponds, wetlands and other dust-control projects around the Salton Sea.

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In general terms, the pendulum effect familiar from American politics, where the party in power tends to lose ground in off-year elections, also applies across the pond.

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After an unsuccessful attempt, Happy dives into the golf course pond where he pummels the reptile and retrieves the ball.

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The trailhead is in the northeast corner of the lot near the small pond.

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