pond Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small lake
    pool.
    • the pond was too small for sailing

WordNet

Pond noun
Etymology
Probably originally, an inclosed body of water, and the same word as pound. See Pound an inclosure.
Definitions
  1. A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake. "Through pond or pool." Milton.
Pond transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
Pond transitive verb
Etymology
See Ponder.
Definitions
  1. To ponder. Obs.
    Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint. Spenser.

Webster 1913