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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pond \Pond\, verb (used with an object) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pond \Pond\, verb (used with an object) [See {Ponder}.] To ponder. [Obs.]
Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint. --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pond \Pond\, noun [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.
{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} (Zo["o]l.), any freshwater tortoise of the family {Emydid[ae]}. Numerous species are found in North America.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pond
noun: a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn: {pool}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "pond": 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
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pond, CA Zip code(s): 93280
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