'Pond' definitions:
Definition of 'pond'
From: WordNet
noun
A small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn: pond, pool]
Definition of 'Pond'
From: GCIDE
- Pond \Pond\, v. t. To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pond'
From: GCIDE
- Pond \Pond\, v. t. [See Ponder.] To ponder. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pond'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Pond hen (Zool.), the American coot. See Coot (a) .
- Pond lily (Bot.), the water lily. See under Water, and Illust. under Nymph[ae]a.
- Pond snail (Zool.), 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.
- Pond spice (Bot.), an American shrub ({Tetranthera geniculata}) of the Laurel family, with small oval leaves, and axillary clusters of little yellow flowers. The whole plant is spicy. It grows in ponds and swamps from Virginia to Florida.
- Pond tortoise, Pond turtle (Zool.), any freshwater tortoise of the family Emydid[ae]. Numerous species are found in North America. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pond'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- artificial lake,
- bayou lake,
- cistern,
- dam,
- dead water,
- dike,
- etang,
- farm pond,
- fishpond,
- freshwater lake,
- glacial lake,
- inland sea,
- lagoon,
- laguna,
- lake,
- lakelet,
- landlocked water,
- linn,
- loch,
- lough,
- mere,
- millpond,
- millpool,
- nyanza,
- oxbow lake,
- plash,
- pondlet,
- pool,
- puddle,
- reservoir,
- salina,
- salt pond,
- stagnant water,
- standing water,
- still water,
- sump,
- tank,
- tarn,
- tidal pond,
- volcanic lake,
- water hole,
- water pocket,
- well
Words containing 'Pond'
- Holly Pond,
- Island Pond,
- Mill pond,
- Pond Creek,
- Pond hen,
- Pond lily,
- Pond snail,
- Pond spice,
- Pond tortoise,
- Pond turtle,
- pond apple,
- pond cypress,
- pond perch,
- pond pine,
- pond scum,
- Holly Pond, AL,
- Island Pond, VT,
- Pond Creek, OK,
- carolina pond fern,
- pond bald cypress,
- pond-skater,
- yellow pond lily,
- common pond-skater,
- pond-apple tree,
- pond-scum parasite