Pond

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  • noun. A still body of water smaller than a lake.
  • intransitive verb. To form ponds or large puddles.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to form ponds or large puddles.
  • intransitive verb. To form ponds or large puddles on (a piece of land).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A body of water, natural or artificial, of less extent than a lake: as, a mill-pond.
  • To dam or pen up; make into a pond by damming: collect in a pond by stopping the current of a river.
  • To form pools or ponds; collect in the manner of water in a pond.
  • noun. A Middle English form of pound.
  • To ponder.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
  • transitive verb. To ponder.
  • noun. A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake.
  • noun. the American coot. See Coot (a).
  • noun. the water lily. See under Water, and Illust. under Nymphæa.
  • noun. any gastropod living in fresh-water ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing snails (Pulmonifera) belonging to Limnæa, Physa, Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are pectinibranchs, belonging to Melantho, Valvata, and various other genera.
  • noun. an American shrub (Tetranthera geniculata) of the Laurel family, with small oval leaves, and axillary clusters of little yellow flowers. The whole plant is spicy. It grows in ponds and swamps from Virginia to Florida.
  • noun. any freshwater tortoise of the family Emydidæ. Numerous species are found in North America.
  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
  • noun. The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.
  • verb. To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
  • verb. To ponder.
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  • noun. a small lake
  • Word Usage
    "On a long drive back and forth from Clackamas Lake a body of water, which at best, merits the term pond I gave it another listen."
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    lake  
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    Bond  Durand  Fronde  Gond  abscond  
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    basin  brook  canal  cave  creek  
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    ponded  ponding  ponds