: 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
ponded; ponding; ponds
: to block (something, such as a stream) to create a pond
: 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
Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2024
The irrigation project created multiple retaining ponds on the Bebee Draw Farms property, trucks and heavy equipment run all day and residents notice large holes get dug in various places and then filled with dirt, Lewis said.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 16 June 2024
Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2024
The case eventually went cold until Sunshine State Sonar, whose mission is searching Florida’s many waterways and ponds for submerged vehicles and their missing owners, took up the cause in July 2022.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2024
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Noun
Developers are also keeping a pond on the property and green barriers will be on the major roads for the property, Driggs said.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2024
The irrigation project created multiple retaining ponds on the Bebee Draw Farms property, trucks and heavy equipment run all day and residents notice large holes get dug in various places and then filled with dirt, Lewis said.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 16 June 2024
Verb
The remnants of all that contamination can likely be found in the sediment that has built up behind the dam, downstream at the Ansonia portion, and in the canal and pond between them.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2024
The case eventually went cold until Sunshine State Sonar, whose mission is searching Florida’s many waterways and ponds for submerged vehicles and their missing owners, took up the cause in July 2022.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2024
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“Pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pond. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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