pond

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noun

ˈpänd 

: a body of water usually smaller than a lake

a fishing pond

—sometimes used with the to refer informally or facetiously to the Atlantic Ocean

pond

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verb

ponded; ponding; ponds

transitive verb

: to block (something, such as a stream) to create a pond

intransitive verb

: to collect in or form a pond

Examples of pond in a Sentence

Noun

They moved here from across the pond.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The whale is a cartoonish bright blue, and sits on an idyllic pond full of fish and turtles. —Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024

The recommendation comes days after the city fixed a leaky Brooklyn hydrant that fed a homespun goldfish pond on the sidewalk. —Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024

While another woman in British Columbia spotted a bear enjoying a dip in a cool pond while hiking through the mountains. —Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024

Shortly before Christmas 2008, a coal-ash pond, six stories tall and covering 84 acres, collapsed at a TVA power plant in rural Kingston, Tennessee. —Jared Sullivan, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English ponde artificially confined body of water, probably alteration of pounde enclosure — more at pound

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1673, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Phrases Containing pond

• a big fish in a little pond
• a big fish in a small pond
• across the pond
• pond lily
• pond scum
• pond skater
• solar pond

Kids Definition

pond

noun

ˈpänd

: a body of water usually smaller than a lake