pond

(pŏnd)

A still body of water smaller than a lake.

v. pond·ed, pond·ing, ponds

v.intr.

To form ponds or large puddles: Debris blocked the culvert, and the stream began to pond.

v.tr.

1. To cause to form ponds or large puddles: The landslide ponded the stream.

2. To form ponds or large puddles on (a piece of land).

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

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pond

(pɒnd)

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

(pɒnd)

n.

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

v.i.

2. (esp. of water) to collect into a pond or large puddle.

[1250–1300; Middle English ponde, pande, akin to Old English pynding dam, gepyndan to impound. See pound³]

pond

(pŏnd)

An inland body of standing water that is smaller than a lake.

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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.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

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

pond

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

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Translations

بِرْكَةبِرْكَة ماء راكِد

rybníknádrž

damkær=-dam=-kær

lampi

ribnjak

kis tó

tjörn

stagno laghetto

池

연못

kūdratvenkinys

dīķis

ribnik

damm

สระน้ำ

gölcük havuz

池塘

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

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

pond

(pond) noun

a small lake or pool. the village pond.

pond

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