Pond
[pɒnd] or [pɑnd]
Definition
(n.) A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake.
(v. t.) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
(v. t.) To ponder.
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Definition
v.i. (Spens.) to ponder.
n. a pool of standing water.—v.t. to make into a pond.—v.i. to collect into a pond.—ns. Pon′dage the amount of water in a pond; Pond′-lil′y a plant of the aquatic genus Nymph錼/i>; Pond′-tur′tle a terrapin a mud turtle; Pond′weed a common aquatic herb.
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To dream of a fish-pond, denotes illness through dissipation, if muddy. To see one clear and well stocked with fish, portends profitable enterprises and extensive pleasures. To see one empty, proclaims the near approach of deadly enemies. For a young woman to fall into a clear pond, omens decided good fortune and reciprocal love. If muddy, the opposite is foretold.
To see a pond in your dream, denotes that events will bring no emotion, and fortune will retain a placid outlook. If the pond is muddy, you will have domestic quarrels. See Water Puddle and kindred words.
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Examples
- Not wanting to go through the yard, because of the dogs, she turned off along the hill-side to descend on the pond from above. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was the splash of a stone in the pond. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A fish leaped secretly, revealing the light in the pond. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She is as cool at this moment as a fish in the pond outside. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- When they came out through the French window, there was the pond with one tempting little hole in the ice, right in front of their noses. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Rimsmoor Pond is, but Oker's Pool isn't, because he is deep, and is never dry--'tis just over there. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I dropped the silver into the pond, and made off for Sydenham, feeling that for once in my life I had done a real good night's work. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was a second splash into the pond. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Twice she reappeared at intervals of a few minutes and each time she said-- Not any flounce into the pond yet, little man? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Now can you tell me if Rimsmoor Pond is dry this summer? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There was a pond in the park, and to this my friend led the way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Until a hopfrog jumped into the pond. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She went with Hermione along the bank of the pond, talking of beautiful, soothing things, picking the gentle cowslips. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In a few moments a splash was audible from the pond outside. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And now I, sitting in the stern, could see, with a faster beating heart, Mill Pond Bank and Mill Pond stairs. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I at last found a clear space separating two ponds. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Wot is it, lambs, as they ketches in seas, rivers, lakes, and ponds? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In front, it looked over a lawn, over a few trees, down to a string of fish-ponds in the hollow of the silent park. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Some are gone to the ponds, and some to the lime walk. Jane Austen. Emma.
- They are now distributed over nearly all the civilized parts of the world, but in large ponds they readily revert to the color of the original stock. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These fishes are reared by the Chinese in small ponds, in basins or porcelain vessels, and kept for ornament. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There were three ponds, in terraces descending the valley, large and smooth and beautiful, lying in the sun. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Wading birds, which frequent the muddy edges of ponds, if suddenly flushed, would be the most likely to have muddy feet. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- So it is with the plants and insects on small and uniform islets: also in small ponds of fresh water. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Hopfrogs don't jump into ponds this time of year. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Shrill chorus: 'Seas, rivers, lakes, and ponds. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Smith and McCall found no obstruction in the way of their advance until they came up to the succession of ponds, before describes, at Resaca. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Seas, rivers, lakes, and ponds,' said Riderhood. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Seas, rivers, lakes, and ponds. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They trailed home by the fish-ponds, and Hermione told them about the quarrel of two male swans, who had striven for the love of the one lady. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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