English Explanatory Dictionary

pond

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
  2. An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
name
  1. Chiefly in across the pond: the Atlantic Ocean.
verb
  1. To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
  2. To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
  3. To form a pond; to pool.
verb
  1. To ponder.
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of the pond (“the Atlantic Ocean”).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

pŏnd /pɒnd/ pänd /pɑnd/ /pʌnd/ En-us-pond.ogg

Word forms

pond ponds the pond ponding ponded

Etymology

From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.

Related words

Pond

Derived words

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