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pond¹
- /pɒnd/ UK
- /pɑnd/ US
- /pʌnd/ Canada
Sounds like pawned (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒnd
Where it comes from
From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.
noun ponds
- 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
- An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
proper noun the pond
- Chiefly in across the pond: the Atlantic Ocean. I wonder how they do this on the other side of the pond.
verb ponds · ponding · ponded
- 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.
- To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
- To form a pond; to pool.
pond²
- /pɒnd/ UK
- /pɑnd/ US
- /pʌnd/ Canada
Sounds like pawned (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒnd
Where it comes from
Clipping of ponder.
verb ponds · ponding · ponded
- To ponder. Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint.
Pond³
Where it comes from
* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound.
* As a German and north/Low German surname, Americanized from Pfund and Pund respectively, both related to the above.
proper noun the Pond
- Alternative letter-case form of the pond (“the Atlantic Ocean”). The legendary liner is retiring from transatlantic sailing after 33 years of crossing the Pond between New York and Southampton, England.
proper noun Ponds
- A surname. "How do you know?" asked Mr Pond rather snappishly and in unusual irritation.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pool, mere, catchment, drainage, watershed, lake, lagoon, wetland, estuary, estuarine, shore, swamp, dam, sea, ocean, puddle
Translations
Every language
noun small lake
| Español | charca, estanque, laguna, encharcada, bodón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 못 mot, 연못 yeonmot |
| 日本語 | 池 ike |
| 中文 | 池塘 chítáng, 池 chí |
| हिन्दी | तालाब tālāb, पोखर pokhar, पोखरा pokhrā, ताल tāl, तलैया talaiyā |
| Português | lagoa, tanque, açude |
| Français | étang, mare |
| Deutsch | Teich, Weiher |
| Italiano | stagno |
| Ελληνικά | νερόλακος nerólakos, λιμνούλα limnoúla |
| Română | baltă |
| Русский | пруд prud, водоём vodojóm, озерцо́ ozercó |
| Tiếng Việt | ao |
| العربية | بِرْكَة birka, غَدِير ḡadīr |
| עברית | אֲגַם agám, בְּרֵכָה brekhá |
name the Atlantic Ocean
| Español | charco |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | अन्ध महासागर andh mahāsāgar, अटलाण्टिक महासागर aṭlāṇṭik mahāsāgar, अटलांटिक महासागर aṭlāṇṭik mahāsāgar |
| Deutsch | großer Teich |
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title = {pond},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pond},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
