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pond Definition

pond (pänd)

noun

a body of water smaller than a lake, often artificially formed

Etymology: ME ponde, artificially enclosed body of water, form of pounde, pound

pond Synonyms

pond

n.

fishpond, millpond, lily pond; see lake, pool 1.

pond Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • overlook: Some overlook the village pond and mill stream, the remainder our courtyard and walled garden.
  • dig: Let a corner of the garden grow wild or dig a wildlife pond.

Adjective modifier

  • ornamental: An ornamental pond can be found in the center of the garden, close to which is the tea garden.
  • unfenced: Note: There is an unfenced pond at the property so please ensure children are supervised.
  • stagnant: A clear mountain pool has life, as opposed to a stagnant pond.
  • frozen: We tried skating on frozen ponds with borrowed skates ( not very successfully, as I remember ).
  • shallow: Shallow, temporary ponds of near neutral pH are required.
  • man-made: Two of these sites are fluctuating meres while the third is a man-made pond.

Modifies a noun

  • liner: If you're using a hard pond liner, you'll need about an inch of sand in the bottom of the hole.
  • skater: Frogspawn, frogs, newts, pond skaters and dragonflies are all free!
  • warden: Pond management was the lesson of the day for pond wardens being trained through a community program sponsored by Southern Water.
  • pump: I also have a sump tank running with a large pond pump.
  • filtration: Without good pond filtration your pond will sooner or later become a death trap for your fish.
  • weed: May - Females lay several hundred eggs on pond weed or other submerged plants.

Noun used with modifier

  • koi: At the heart of the koi pond At the heart of a koi pond is the filtration system.
  • lily: Near the middle of this park is a series of Victorian lily ponds, which were added in 1902.
  • duck: The main duck pond is situated on the far side of the play area.
  • sewage: At the so-called sewage ponds here we recorded a nice male Mourning Wheatear ( new!
  • dew: Look out for the recently restored dew pond at the top of the reserve.
  • mill: Water to the mill pond is supplied by two springs.
pond Quotes

An old pond A frog jumps in The sound of water

—Basho, Matsuo

Four ducks on a pond, A grass-bank beyond, A blue sky of spring, White clouds on the wing; What a little thing To remember for yearsö To remember with tears!

—Allingham,William

Fish say, they have their stream and pond; But is there anything beyond?

—Brooke, Rupert Chawner

All thenightthefrogsgo chuckle, all theday thebirdsare singing In the pond beside the meadow, by the roadway poplar- lined, In the field between the trenches are a million blossoms springing 'Twixt the grass of silver bayonets where the lines of battle wind Where man has manned thetrenches for the maiming of his kind.

—MacGill, Patrick

Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily lifewithout mingling with it, casts its wealthtoright and left, but the puny boatmen do not know how to fish for it.

—Herzen, Alexander Ivanovich

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