Synonyms for pond


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pond
Phonetic Transcription : pÉ’nd


Définition of pond

Origin :
  • c.1300 (mid-13c. in compounds), "artificially banked body of water," variant of pound "enclosed place" (see pound (n.2)). Applied locally to natural pools and small lakes from late 15c. Jocular reference to "the Atlantic Ocean" dates from 1640s. Pond scum (Spirogyra) is from 1864 (also called frog-spittle and brook-silk. As figurative for "someone extremely repulsive," from 1984.
  • noun small body of water
Example sentences :
  • I believe if I fell into a pond you'd say I had a way of coming up dry.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • But it is Thanksgivin' mornin', an' we're goin' skatin' down on the pond.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • Umpachee is an old beaver that sits in his own house, and swims in his own pond.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • It was only two days since his long talk with himself at the pond.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • "Come over by the pond," he said, in what was almost a command.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • You will not have to walk far, as I have my coach near the pond, behind Tilly's dragoons.
  • Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • The pond was a small ocean; the Atlantic, a large Walden Pond.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • Mr. Bishop proposed to stock his pond with the best spawn he could procure.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • May you never quit that pond in all your lives, neither you nor your children!
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • The boy was to take his books to the pond where Loraine had caught her fish.
  • Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

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