Sekirov Dictionary

pond

UK /pɒnd/US /pɑnd/

noun 3
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 1

noun3

a small body of fresh water that does not move, found in a garden, a park or a field
An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
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(informal) Chiefly in across the pond: the Atlantic Ocean.
- I wonder how they do this on the other side of the pond.
- I haven’t been back home across the pond in twenty years.

verb4

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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
To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
To form a pond; to pool.
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(no longer used) To ponder.
- Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint. — 1579

forms

ponded · ponding · ponds

Phrases with pond

drop in the pond
A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.

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