Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pond"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
{Pond hen} (Zo["o]l.), the American coot. See {Coot}
(a) .
{Pond lily} (Bot.), the water lily. See under {Water}, and
Illust. under {Nymph[ae]a}.
{Pond snail} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pond \Pond\, v. t.
To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by
damming.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pond \Pond\, v. t. [See {Ponder}.]
To ponder. [Obs.]
Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pond
n : a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn: {pool}]
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