pond
/pɒnd/ · noun
Meaning
- An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
- An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
- The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.
- To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
- To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
- To form a pond; to pool.
- To ponder.
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