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pond

Definition

  • noun: an area of water that is surrounded by land and that is smaller than a lake
  • noun: a body of water usually smaller than a lake
  • verb: to block (as a stream) to create a pond
  • sometimes used with 'the' to refer informally or facetiously to the Atlantic Ocean

Examples

  • In school he was a 'big fish in a small pond', but once he moved to the city he was just another struggling actor.

  • They moved here from across 'the pond'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You don't remember me, do you? Oh, I remember you just fine. You used to steal catfish from my pond. Yes, sir. I did that. I'm sorry. 'Course, on the weekends, Bobby Ray goes over to (..)
    2002 Sweet Home Alabama