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English

Pronunciation
p�nd, /p�nd/, /pQnd/
audio|en-us-pond.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes:English:-�nd|Rhymes: -�nd

Etymology
Variant of pound.

Noun
Image:Pond.jpeg|thumb|right|A pond.
en-noun

1. man-made, small lake
2. <!--DefAtlOcean--> (colloquial) The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.

Synonyms
polynya
tarn

Derived terms
across the pond
ducks on the pond
Leftpondia
Rightpondia

Translations
trans-top|small lake
Albanian: pellg
Arabic: Arab|بر�ة IPAchar|(bírka) f
Chinese: 池� (chítáng)
Czech: rybník m
Dutch: vijver m
Finnish: lampi
French: étang m, mare f
German: Teich m
Hebrew: ��� (agam) m, �ר��� (brekha) f
Hungarian: tavacska
Indonesian: kolam
Interlingua: stagno
Irish: linn f
trans-mid
Italian: stagno m
Japanese: 池 (��, ike)
Korean: 못 (mot)
Kurdish: KUchar|Ú¯Û�Ù�
Latvian: dīķis m
Norwegian: dam
Polish: staw m
Portuguese: lagoa f, tanque m
Russian: п��д (prud) m
Serbian: jezerce, ribnjak, prud
Spanish: charca m, estanque m, laguna f
Swedish: damm c
Volapük: lulak
trans-bottom

trans-top|The Atlantic Ocean
Dutch: De Atlantische Oceaan
Finnish: Rapakko
German: Der gro�|Gro�e Teich
trans-mid
Norwegian: dammen
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

1. To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.

#*2004, Calvin W. Rose, An Introduction to the Environmental Physics of Soil, Water and Watersheds ¹, ISBN 0521536790, page 201:
#:The rate of fall of the surface of water ponded over the soil within the ring gives a measure of the infiltration rate for the particular enclosed area.

Dutch

Noun
pond n

1. <!--DefN500g--> 500 gram

Noun
pond de

1. <!--DefNCurrency--> Pound (currency)

French

Verb form
pond

1. third person singular present of pondre: she lays

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• 2007-11-20 12:47 - Daniel Polansky - /* Noun */ Update definition based on Wikipedia

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