pond

[ pond ]

/ pɒnd /

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noun

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

the pond, Informal. the Atlantic Ocean: American companies are finding business is different on the other side of the pond.

verb (used without object)

(especially of water) to collect into a pond or large puddle: to prevent rainwater from ponding on the roof.

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Origin of pond

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ponde, pande, akin to Old English pynding “dam,” gepyndan “to impound.” See pound³

Words nearby pond

Ponce de León, Juan, Poncelet, poncey, Ponchielli, poncho, pond, pond-apple, ponder, ponderable, ponderosa pine, ponderous

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How to use pond in a sentence

There, settling ponds, bacteria, chemicals and machines make the wastes safe enough to go back into the environment.
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Ground-penetrating radar now has revealed that these were no cattle ponds.
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If GWAS are like fishing for a rare species in several large oceans, then the authors’ point is to focus on ponds—distributed across the world—which are small, but packed with those rare species.
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Some are large ponds, and others are major lakes more than 270 feet deep.
He Found ‘Islands of Fertility’ Beneath Antarctica’s Ice|Steve Nadis|July 20, 2020|Quanta Magazine

The fish were supposed to help control the growth of algae in ponds on fish farms.
Pooping ducks can shed the live eggs of fish|Carolyn Wilke|July 17, 2020|Science News For Students
Just who is crazy enough to go swimming when the pond across the street has a layer of ice across the top?
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“I jumped over a few cars, almost turned it upside down in a pond and came out on top of all four tires,” she wrote in an email.
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Stampy, the biggest YouTube star this side of the pond, is also known as 23-year-old Joseph Garrett from Portsmouth.
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Then, a sharp-eyed woman pointed out a ladder leaning against a tree on the side of the pond.
Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope|Anthony Haden-Guest|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This was not the Impossible—the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House—this was a walk above the LongHouse pond.
Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope|Anthony Haden-Guest|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
Children's Ways|James Sully
It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
On a rocky islet in the centre of a fresh water pond two miles in circuit they commenced erecting a fort and store house.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Under cover of this they crawled towards a large pond on which ducks were resting but by no means asleep.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
In the autumn it occurs both in the Braye Pond and on the coast in the more sheltered parts.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith

British Dictionary definitions for pond

pond

/ (pɒnd) /

noun

a pool of still water, often artificially created
(in combination)a fishpond

Word Origin for pond

C13 ponde enclosure; related to pound ³

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Scientific definitions for pond

pond

[ pŏnd ]

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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see big fish in a small pond; little frog in a big pond.

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