pond

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      English

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      Etymology

      Variant of pound.

      Noun

      A pond

      pond (plural ponds)

      1. An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
      2. (colloquial) The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.
        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.

      Derived terms

      Translations

      small lake
      The Atlantic Ocean

      Verb

      pond (third-person singular simple present ponds, present participle ponding, simple past and past participle ponded)

      1. To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
        • 2004, Calvin W. Rose, An Introduction to the Environmental Physics of Soil, Water and Watersheds [1], ISBN 0521536790, page 201:
          The rate of fall of the surface of water ponded over the soil within the ring gives a measure of the infiltration rate for the particular enclosed area.
      2. To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
      3. (obsolete) To ponder.
        • Spenser
          Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint.

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      Dutch

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      pond n (uncountable, diminutive pondje)

      1. metric pound (500 grams)

      Noun

      pond c (plural ponden, diminutive pondje)

      1. pound (currency)
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      French

      Verb

      pond

      1. third-person singular present of pondre
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