pond

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noun

: a body of water usually smaller than a lake
a fishing pond
sometimes used with the to refer informally or facetiously to the Atlantic Ocean

pond

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verb

ponded; ponding; ponds

transitive verb

: to block (something, such as a stream) to create a pond

intransitive verb

: to collect in or form a pond

Examples of pond in a Sentence

Noun They moved here from across the pond.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
At the other end of Grafton Street is St. Stephen’s Green, an 18th-century park with benches, duck ponds, and sculptures of Irish historical figures. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024 There are hundreds if not thousands of ponds in Florida, some public and many private, where anglers can experience a great day fishing from shore. Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2024 This patience and restraint allows their songs to reveal deep oceans of emotion with the ease of a summer breeze fluttering ripples across a pond. Vrinda Jagota, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2024 This year's festival will support Humboldt Park Friends, specifically for educational placards and restoring the Humboldt Park pond shoreline. Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2024 An Amazon best-selling sand and water table with over 17,000 five-star ratings, this splash pond comes with 13 accessories that spark imaginative play and allow kids to create multiple waterfalls, pour water over spinning wheels, and launch animals into the pond. Laura Lu, Parents, 7 Mar. 2024 As a veterinarian picked up Cassandra’s body, Noseda and her neighbors walked Charlie to the pond. Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024 The city’s case against Bais stems from the foul odor coming off the sixth-hole pond at the golf course, located along the south side of Loop 101, between 67th Avenue and Union Hills Drive. Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024 Read Next Deputy transporting inmate is killed in crash with big rig, Texas officials say February 22, 2024 1:51 PM Read Next National Boat flips as cousins fish on freezing pond, Georgia officials say. Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
Verb
Typically, wood ducks fly down creeks, or to swamps or beaver ponds first thing in the morning. Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 15 Feb. 2024 Kids will love the free butterfly terrace, Asian garden, bridges and ponds with waterfalls. Samantha Sabin -, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 But people who grow tired of caring for their goldfish will often release them into the wild, erroneously believing their five-inch pet is an innocent addition to a lake or pond. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023 The house sits higher than the farmland, so water collected from the roof and ponds all drains down to irrigate the farm land. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023 Paddle around the surrounding streams and ponds in a canoe and kayak (rentals cost around $15 per adult) at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground. Carlye Wisel, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023 Beaver ponds with brushy cover offer good hunting, as do overgrown farm fields, old apple orchards, and young forests near water. Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 18 Oct. 2023 The lure was a slosh of water into which rabbit-food pellets are dissolved and left to rot, simulating the puddles and ponds rich in decaying plant matter where mosquitoes lay their eggs. Andy Newman, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023 Rising above the Georgia landscape’s tar-black creeks and still ponds were a diversity of trees — pine, oak, cypress, swamp chestnut — and the animals that lived in them. John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English ponde artificially confined body of water, probably alteration of pounde enclosure — more at pound

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1673, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of pond was in the 14th century

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Cite this Entry

“Pond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pond. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

pond

noun
ˈpänd
: a body of water usually smaller than a lake
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