pond
/pɑnd/ verb C2- To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
- To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
- To form a pond; to pool.
He/she/it ponds · Past ponded · Past participle ponded · -ing form ponding
Verb forms
- Base form
- pond
- He/she/it
- ponds
- Past
- ponded
- Past participle
- ponded
- -ing form
- ponding
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SOME BOYS, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones.
AN ASS, carrying a load of wood, passed through a pond.
One inhabited a deep pond, far removed from public view; the other lived in a gully containing little water, and traversed by a country road.
The Frog that lived in the pond warned his friend to change his residence and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that he would enjoy greater safety from danger and more abundant food.
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