Pond - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Pond :  (noun)

1: a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn: pool]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Pond : \Pond\, n. [Probably originally, an inclosed body of water, and the same word as pound. See Pound an inclosure.] A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake. ``Through pond or pool.'' --Milton.

Pond hen (Zo["o]l.), the American coot. See Coot (a) .

Pond lily (Bot.), the water lily. See under Water, and Illust. under Nymph[ae]a.

Pond snail (Zo["o]l.), any gastropod living in fresh-water ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing snails ({Pulmonifera) belonging to Limn[ae]a, Physa, Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are pectinibranchs, belonging to Melantho, Valvata, and various other genera.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Pond : \Pond\, v. t. To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Pond : \Pond\, v. t. [See Ponder.] To ponder. [Obs.]

Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint. --Spenser.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

POND. A body of stagnant water; a pool. 2. Any one has a right to erect a fish pond; the fish in ii are considered as real estate, and pass to the heir and not to the executor. Ow. 20. See Pool; River; Water.

Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:

Pond, CA Zip code(s): 93280

Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:

Example Usage of Pond

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JHWaterfowlTeam: The team is snowed in, brrrr..Got seven at the Pond on Friday before the snow hit.
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