pond

pond  (pnd)

n.

A still body of water smaller than a lake.

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[Middle English ponde, from Old English pund-, enclosure.]

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pond [pɒnd]

n

a.  a pool of still water, often artificially created

b.  (in combination) a fishpond

[C13 ponde enclosure; related to pound³]

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pond  (pnd)

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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pond

• lake - First meant pool or pond.
• nursery - Can be a pond in which fry are reared.
• tank - May have come from Gujarati tanku, or Marathi tanke, "underground cistern," from Sanskrit tadaga, "pond."
• pond - To pond is to accumulate water in a pond, which is really a small lake.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pond - a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" pool fishpond - a freshwater pond with fish horsepond - a pond for watering horses lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land mere - a small pond of standing water millpond - a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel swimming hole - a small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimming water hole - a natural hole or hollow containing water

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pond

noun pool, tarn, small lake, fish pond, duck pond, millpond, lochan (Scot.), dew pond youths skating on the frozen village pond

Translations

pond [pɒnd]

A. N (= natural) → charca f; (artificial) → estanque m
he's a big fish or > big frog in a small pond (US) → es el tuerto en el país de los ciegos, es un reyezuelo(en algún lugar o en algo poco importante)

B. CPD pond life N → fauna f de las charcas/estanques
pond weed N → planta f acuática

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pond [ˈpɒnd] n

(small) → bassin m
We've got a pond in our garden → Nous avons un bassin dans notre jardin.

(larger) → étang m
a duck pond → une mare aux canards

the pond (= the Atlantic) → l'Atlantique m

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pond

n → Teich m; the pond (inf: = Atlantic) → der große Teich (hum); pond life → Pflanzen- und Tierleben in Teichen

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pond [pɒnd] n → stagno; (in park) → laghetto

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pond

n pond [pond]

a small lake or pool the village pond. dam, dammetjie بِرْكَة ماء راكِد езерце rybník, nádrž dam; -dam; kær; -kær der Teich λιμνούλα estanque tiik برکه lampi mare, étang בְּרֵיכָה तालाब ribnjak kis tó kolam tjörn stagno 池 연못 kūdra, tvenkinys, baseinas dīķis kolam vijver dam, tjern, vann staw tanque heleşteu; bazin пруд rybník, nádrž ribnik jezerce damm บ่อน้ำ gölcük, havuz 池塘 ставок تالاب cái ao 池塘

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pond → بِرْكَة rybník dam Teich λιμνούλα estanque lampi mare ribnjak stagno 池 연못 vijver tjern staw lago пруд damm สระน้ำ gölcük ao 池塘