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noun
1.
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
verb (used without object)
2.
(especially of water) to collect into a pond or large puddle: to prevent rainwater from ponding on the roof.
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Ponding
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English ponde, pande, akin to Old English pynding dam, gepyndan to impound. See pound3
1250–1300; Middle English ponde, pande, akin to Old English pynding dam, gepyndan to impound. See pound3
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Word Origin & History
pond
1248, "artificially banked body of water," variant of pound "enclosed place" (see pound (n.2)). Jocular reference to "the Atlantic Ocean" dates from 1641.
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pond  (pŏnd) Pronunciation Key
An inland body of standing water that is smaller than a lake. Natural ponds form in small depressions and are usually shallow enough to support rooted vegetation across most or all of their areas. |
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