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pond en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • pŏnd (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pɒnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /pʌnd/ (Canada)
  • /pɑnd/ (General-American)
  • pänd (General-American)

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.

Meanings

  1. An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
    • But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
  2. An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ponds Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

pond slider · pondlet · Lewis Ponds · pondwort · pondman · pond lily · pond turtle · sag pond · stock pond · pondweed · pondy · Lower Lewis Ponds · Round Pond · hammer pond · pondside · mist-pond · Japanese pond smelt · ducks on the pond · tide pond · Leftpondia · Island Pond · fishpond · pond apple · pondage · headpond · tidal pond · pond-skater · European pond turtle · Sussex pond pudding · Bryant Pond · dry pond · pond damselfly · stew pond · nursepond · earth pond · pondhawk · horsepond · sliding pond · pond life · pondlily · pondstead · big-fish-little-pond effect · European pond terrapin · pondspice · retention pond · lilypond · big fish in a small pond · pond snail · dewpond · fish pond · transpondian · herring pond · pondwards · pondfish · pondless · detention pond · Chinese pond turtle · duckpond · pond scum · Saumarez Ponds · pondwater · pond hockey · Rightpondia · pondward · yellow pond-lily · fish-pond · pond cypress · millpond · infiltration pond · ball pond · big fish in a little pond · pond loach · fog-pond · pondlike · pondness · melt pond · stewpond · pondscape · pond heron · pondful · drop in the pond · yellow pond lily · duck pond · pond liner · pondlife

Translations (212)

uk са́жалка (small lake) · ru озерцо́ (small lake) · nb tjern (small lake) · ru пруд (small lake) · ca estany (small lake) · de Weiher (small lake) · cs rybník (small lake) · hy լճակ (small lake) · kmr lîç (small lake) · km ត្រពាំង (small lake) · mt għadira (small lake) · eo lageto (small lake) · ps خړيچ (small lake) · ru водоём (small lake) · cmn 池塘 (small lake) · tt буа (small lake) · cop ⲁⲛⲁⲃⲁⲗⲗⲟⲩⲥ (small lake) · txb kaumiye (small lake) · es estanque (small lake) · lo ສະ (small lake) · ckb گۆم (small lake) · id kolam (small lake) · ka გუბე (small lake) · ps تالاب (small lake) · lo ບຸ່ງ (small lake) · alt буук (small lake) · sa सरस् (small lake) · es bodón (small lake) · gd linne (small lake) · ur تالاب (small lake) · kk бөгет (small lake) · es encharcada (small lake) · mn цөөрөм (small lake) · pl sadzawka (small lake) · cmn(small lake) · tpi wara (small lake) · nb dam (small lake) · ro baltă (small lake) · om raaree (small lake) · pt lagoa (small lake) · mk рибник (small lake) · he אֲגַם (small lake) · ta குட்டை (small lake) · ny kumadzi (small lake) · lo ອ່າງ (small lake) · sk rybník (small lake) · ny dziwe (small lake) · et tiik (small lake) · be копанка (small lake) · da dam (small lake) · kxd kulam (small lake) · pdt Läacht (small lake) · yue 水塘 (small lake) · ln moliba (small lake) · fa-ira آبْگیر (small lake) · uk став (small lake) · es charca (small lake) · el λιμνούλα (small lake) · mn ᠴᠥᠭᠦᠷᠦᠮ (small lake) · chr ᎥᏓᎵ (small lake) · lo ໂບກ (small lake) · zza dolek (small lake) · kk байлама (small lake) · tg толоб (small lake) · ko 연못 (small lake) · km កូប (small lake) · eu urmael (small lake) · syl ꠙꠥꠈꠂꠞ (small lake) · fr mare (small lake) · jv blumbang (small lake) · uk озерце́ (small lake) · lo ບຶງ (small lake) · ta குளம் (small lake) · sh prȗd (small lake) · nn tjørn (small lake) · az nohur (small lake) · txb yolme (small lake) · sh жа̏бња̄к (small lake) · ml കുളം (small lake) · hi पोखरा (small lake) · rif agermam (small lake) · ln etima (small lake) · so war (small lake) · lt kūdra (small lake) · ar غَدِير (small lake) · sv damm (small lake) · cy pwll (small lake) · dsb gat (small lake) · pms stagn (small lake) · bn পুকুর (small lake) · tr gölet (small lake) · ur حَوض (small lake) · zu ichibi (small lake) · ky көлмө (small lake) · sv tjärn (small lake) · rif arimam (small lake) · bo ཆུ་འཛིང (small lake) · la piscīna (small lake) · za daemz (small lake) · sh rȋbnjāk (small lake) · kk тоған (small lake) · th สระ (small lake) · sh ри̑бња̄к (small lake) · yi סטאַוו (small lake) · lb Dëmpel (small lake) · sh žȁbnjāk (small lake) · it stagno (small lake) · ja(small lake) · hi पोखर (small lake) · vo lulak (small lake) · yi סאַזשלקע (small lake) · war sapa (small lake) · lv dīķis (small lake) · uga 𐎁𐎗𐎋𐎚 (small lake) · hi तलैया (small lake) · pt açude (small lake) · ba быуа (small lake) · be стаў (small lake) · haw loko (small lake) · as পুখুৰী (small lake) · nn dam (small lake) · kk көлшік (small lake) · uz hovuz (small lake) · sh пру̑д (small lake) · kxd luagan (small lake) · fa-ira بِرْکِه (small lake) · tpi raunwara (small lake) · ko(small lake) · my ကန် (small lake) · rup baltã (small lake) · tg ҳавз (small lake) · lmw pólpol (small lake) · alt кӧличек (small lake) · bni eliba (small lake) · kaw balumbang (small lake) · zu isiziba (small lake) · rif tanda (small lake) · bg е́зерце (small lake) · sh jezérce (small lake) · cdo(small lake) · kw lagen (small lake) · hi तालाब (small lake) · shn ၼွင် (small lake) · ca bassa (small lake) · tk howda (small lake) · fr étang (small lake) · fo tjørn (small lake) · la stāgnum (small lake) · cop ⲇⲁⲝⲁⲙⲁⲛⲏ (small lake) · sq pellg (small lake) · cop ⲃⲉⲣϭⲱⲧ (small lake) · bho तालाब (small lake) · gl lagoa (small lake) · gu તળાવ (small lake) · ar بِرْكَة (small lake) · ur پوکَھر (small lake) · fa-ira کولاب (small lake) · yue 水池 (small lake) · mzn اسل (small lake) · su ᮘᮜᮧᮀ (small lake) · nrf mathe (small lake) · lo ວັງ (small lake) · syl ꠙꠥꠞ꠆ꠈꠤ (small lake) · kk көлшімек (small lake) · alt буунты суу (small lake) · ia stagno (small lake) · es laguna (small lake) · be са́жалка (small lake) · th สระน้ำ (small lake) · mi hāroto (small lake) · eu umantzi (small lake) · mk езерце (small lake) · fi lampi (small lake) · lo ໜອງ (small lake) · ms kolam (small lake) · pa ਤਲਾਅ (small lake) · tk göljagaz (small lake) · pl rybnik (small lake) · th บ่อน้ำ (small lake) · my အင်း (small lake) · el νερόλακος (small lake) · ga dabhach (small lake) · fa-ira تالاب (small lake) · az gölməçə (small lake) · de Teich (small lake) · tk howuz (small lake) · be азярцо́ (small lake) · pl staw (small lake) · ga linn (small lake) · tl salog (small lake) · fa-ira کول (small lake) · vi ao (small lake) · nn tjern (small lake) · my အိုင် (small lake) · fi allas (small lake) · is tjörn (small lake) · he בְּרֵכָה (small lake) · hi ताल (small lake) · kw poll (small lake) · hu halastó (small lake) · taa datltoni (small lake) · pl jeziorko (small lake) · uz havza (small lake) · uk озе́рце (small lake) · sh језе́рце (small lake) · sl ribnik (small lake) · tg обгир (small lake) · ug كۆلچەك (small lake) · hu tavacska (small lake) · pt tanque (small lake) · alt тӱӱлген суу (small lake) · nl vijver (small lake)

pond en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • pŏnd (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pɒnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /pʌnd/ (Canada)
  • /pɑnd/ (General-American)
  • pänd (General-American)

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.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Chiefly in across the pond: the Atlantic Ocean.
    • I haven’t been back home across the pond in twenty years.
    • I wonder how they do this on the other side of the pond.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
the pond canonical lexicographic

Deriveds

pondian · across the pond

Relateds

Pond

Translations (12)

hi अन्ध महासागर (the Atlantic Ocean) · nl grote plas (the Atlantic Ocean) · hu a tenger (the Atlantic Ocean) · de großer Teich (the Atlantic Ocean) · sl luža (the Atlantic Ocean) · nb dammen (the Atlantic Ocean) · es charco (the Atlantic Ocean) · hi अटलाण्टिक महासागर (the Atlantic Ocean) · cs Velká louže (the Atlantic Ocean) · mk бара (the Atlantic Ocean) · fi rapakko (the Atlantic Ocean) · hi अटलांटिक महासागर (the Atlantic Ocean)

pond en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • pŏnd (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pɒnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /pʌnd/ (Canada)
  • /pɑnd/ (General-American)
  • pänd (General-American)

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.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
    • The rate of fall of the surface of water ponded over the soil within the ring gives a measure of the infiltration rate for the particular enclosed area. 2004, Calvin W. Rose, An Introduction to the Environmental Physics of Soil, Water and Watersheds, →ISBN, page 201:
  2. (transitive) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
  3. (intransitive) To form a pond; to pool.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ponded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ponded Tense=Past lexicographic
ponding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ponds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

pond en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • pŏnd (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pɒnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /pʌnd/ (Canada)
  • /pɑnd/ (General-American)
  • pänd (General-American)

Etymology

Clipping of ponder.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To ponder.
    • Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint. 1579, Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ponds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ponding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ponded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ponded Tense=Past lexicographic