pond

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noun

ˈpänd 

: 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

rain ponding on the road

Examples of pond in a Sentence

Noun

They moved here from across the pond.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

One part of the application states that filling the pond would require drawing around 23 million gallons from the creek and 12 million gallons from the well over a period of nine months. —Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025

Here rose swamps and ponds, enormous dark lakes and silver rivers that branched and ran like strands of mycelium. —Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025

Loons are on the mend in Maine, filling more of the state’s lakes and ponds with their haunting calls, although conservationists say the birds aren’t out of the woods yet. —Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025

Stroll through the illuminated, whimsical winter woods At Light in the Forest, venture on a mile-long trail past ponds, woodlands and fields. —Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2025

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

Phrases Containing pond

• a big fish in a little pond
• a big fish in a small pond
• across the pond
• pond lily
• pond scum
• pond skater
• solar pond

Rhymes for pond

• awned
• blond
• blonde
• bond
• conned
• dawned
• donned
• fond
• frond
• gond
• maund
• pawned

Kids Definition

pond

noun

ˈpänd

: a body of water usually smaller than a lake