Definitions
1.NounAn inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
2.NounAn inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
3.Proper nounChiefly in across the pond: the Atlantic Ocean."I wonder how they do this on the other side of the pond.; I haven’t been back home across the pond in twenty years."
4.VerbTo block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
5.VerbTo make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
6.VerbTo form a pond; to pool.
7.VerbTo ponder.