B1verb · transitive · common

pond

pond · ponds · ponded · ponding

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

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UK/pɒnd/US/pɑnd/

» Keep away from that pond, please.

Пожалуйста, держись подальше от пруда.

Будь ласка, тримайтеся подалі від того ставка.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
(transitive)To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
(intransitive)To form a pond; to pool.
(obsolete, transitive)To ponder.

Examples

348 sentences

Keep away from that pond, please.
Будь ласка, тримайтеся подалі від того ставка.
ruПожалуйста, держись подальше от пруда.
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The stream flows into the pond.
Струмок впадає у ставок.
ruРучей впадает в пруд.
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You shouldn't swim in this pond.
Не слід купатися в цьому ставку.
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There's a beautiful bridge over the pond.
Над ставком - гарний міст.
ruНад прудом есть красивый мост.
deEs gibt eine schöne Brücke über den Teich.
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A girl drowned in the pond yesterday.
Учора у ставку потонула дівчинка.
ruВчера в пруду утонула девочка.
deEin Mädchen ist gestern im Teich ertrunken.
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Origin

From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (at

From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.

Clipping of ponder.

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Forms

ponds, ponding, ponded, ponded

Base form	pond · to pond
3rd person singular	ponds
Present participle	ponding
Past simple	ponded
Past participle	ponded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	pond
he, she, it	ponds

Past simpleLesson

all persons

ponded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have ponded
he, she, it	has ponded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will pond

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

8 patterns

in the pond
near the pond
on the pond
into the pond
in this pond
around the pond
the pond is
pond in the