pond
//pɒnd//
Forms
- Plural
- ponds
- present (v1)
- pond
- past (v2)
- ponded
- past participle (v3)
- ponded
- present participle
- ponding
- 3rd person singular
- ponds
Definitions
1.An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
- He threw a stone into the pond.
2.An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
- He threw a stone into the pond.
1.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.
2.To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
3.To form a pond; to pool.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4560
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
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.