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English Dictionary: Pond by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pond
n
  1. a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn: pond, pool]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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. [bd]Through pond or
      pool.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Pond hen} (Zo[94]l.), the American coot. See {Coot}
      (a) .
  
      {Pond lily} (Bot.), the water lily. See under {Water}, and
            Illust. under {Nymph[91]a}.
  
      {Pond snail} (Zo[94]l.), any gastropod living in fresh-water
            ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing
            snails ({Pulmonifera}) belonging to Limn[91]a, Physa,
            Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are
            pectinibranchs, belonging to {Melantho}, {Valvata}, and
            various other genera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pond \Pond\, v. t.
      To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by
      damming.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pond \Pond\, v. t. [See {Ponder}.]
      To ponder. [Obs.]
  
               Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint. --Spenser.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pond, CA
      Zip code(s): 93280
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