pond
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noun
a small body of still water formed naturally or by hollowing or embanking:
池, 人口［天然］池 (!一般にlakeより小さくpoolより大きい)
e.g. a garden pond.
(the pond) humorous the Atlantic Ocean:
〖the ～〗 海; ｟おどけて｠ (特に)大西洋
e.g. he's relatively unknown on this side of the pond.
verb with object
hold back or dam up (flowing water or another liquid) to form a small lake:
〈流れ〉をせき止める, せき止めて池にする(up)
e.g. the lava can't flow away and gets ponded up in the crater.
no object (of flowing water or other liquids) form a small lake:
〈水たまりが〉(広がって)池(のよう)になる
e.g. (as noun ponding) : where a path goes down into a dip, you'll have to ensure that ponding doesn't occur.
ORIGIN
Middle English: alteration of pound3, commonly used in dialect in the same sense.