pond

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
2. An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
3. (informal) Chiefly in across the pond: the Atlantic Ocean.

Verb

1. (transitive) To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
2. (transitive) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
3. (intransitive) To form a pond; to pool.

Verb

To ponder.

Sinónimos

pool

lake

tank

reservoir

swamp

small lake

well

puddle

cistern

watering place

basin

waterhole

lagoon

stream

bog

pit

pool of water

tarn

water hole

deep pool

horse-pond

marsh

large pond

mere

millpond

watering hole

water basin

sump

water reservoir

hydronym

muddy water

open water

piece of water

depression

water-hole

shallow lake

water-well

millipond

large sheet of water

small pond

collecting basin

fors

gram-force gram-weight

farm pond

backwater

coral reef lagoon

bay

billabong

canal

carp

Traducións

étang

Teich

stagno

estanque

mare

vijver

Weiher

lagoa

laguna

waterplas

Tümpel

plas

kolk

lago

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/pɒnd/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: pond

Herdado de Old English: *pond

In summary

From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.