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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
pond
    n 1: a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn:
         pond, pool]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pond \Pond\, v. t. [See Ponder.]
   To ponder. [Obs.]
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         Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint. --Spenser.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   Pond hen (Zool.), the American coot. See Coot
   (a) .

   Pond lily (Bot.), the water lily. See under Water, and
      Illust. under Nymph[ae]a.

   Pond snail (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), any freshwater
      tortoise of the family Emydid[ae]. Numerous species are
      found in North America.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pond \Pond\, v. t.
   To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by
   damming.
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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
POND. A body of stagnant water; a pool. 
     2. Any one has a right to erect a fish pond; the fish in ii are 
considered as real estate, and pass to the heir and not to the executor. Ow. 
20. See Pool; River; Water. 



Thesaurus Results for Pond:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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