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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

  • (..) - So this is it. - This is it. It used to look a lot worse. Mm-mm. Basically, uh, what I planned to do was to put a pond in over here... - Okay. ...and have water... ...streaming in from both sides. And then put a big deck right here... ...and then a flagstone patio there (..)
    2009 17 Again