different between pond vs poind
pond
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: p?nd, IPA(key): /p?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
- (US) enPR: pänd, IPA(key): /p?nd/
- Homophone: pawned (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Etymology 1
From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.
Noun
pond (plural ponds)
- An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
- But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
- An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
- (colloquial) The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pond (third-person singular simple present ponds, present participle ponding, simple past and past participle ponded)
- (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.
Etymology 2
Clipping of ponder.
Verb
pond (third-person singular simple present ponds, present participle ponding, simple past and past participle ponded)
- (transitive, obsolete) To ponder.
Anagrams
- DNOP
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch pond, from Middle Dutch pont, pond, from Old Dutch punt, from Proto-Germanic *pund? (“pound, weight”), borrowed from Latin pond?.
Noun
pond (plural ponds)
- pound (currency)
- pound (unit of weight)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pont, pond, from Old Dutch punt, from Proto-Germanic *pund? (“pound, weight”), borrowed from Latin pond?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?nt/
- Hyphenation: pond
- Rhymes: -?nt
- Homophone: pont
Noun
pond n (plural ponden, diminutive pondje n)
- unit of mass, often broadly similar to 500 grams
- metric pound (500 grams)
- (imperial units) pound (453.6 grams)
- (historical) pound, any of several local units, with a range between 420 and 500 grammes, divided into 16 historical ounces
- (historical, Dutch metric system) kilogram
- metric pound (500 grams)
- one of several monetary units
- British pound, pound sterling (currency)
- Egyptian pound
- (historical) Flemish pound
- British pound, pound sterling (currency)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: pond
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??/
- Homophone: ponds
Verb
pond
- third-person singular present indicative of pondre
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poind
English
Noun
poind (plural poinds)
- (obsolete, Scotland) A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized
Verb
poind (third-person singular simple present poinds, present participle poinding, simple past and past participle poinded)
- (obsolete, Scotland) To seize property in this manner
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