pond

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small lake

   the pond was too small for sailing

2. 2
   noun

   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 to a monochrome by the moon.

3. 3
   name

   Chiefly in across the pond: the Atlantic Ocean.

   I wonder how they do this on the other side of the pond.

4. 4
   verb

   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.

5. 5
   verb

   To ponder.

   Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint.

6. 6
   name

   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.

7. 7
   name

   A surname.

   "How do you know?" asked Mr Pond rather snappishly and in unusual irritation.

8. 8
   noun

   An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.

Etymology

* 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.