Pond vs Amusement - What's the difference?
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An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
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*:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds , and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
(lb) The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.
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To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
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To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
(obsolete) To ponder.
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(uncountable) Entertainment
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(countable) An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.
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As a proper noun pond
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(wikipedia pond)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* across the pond * ducks on the pond * Leftpondia * pondian * RightpondiaVerb
(en verb)- The rate of fall of the surface of water ponded over the soil within the ring gives a measure of the infiltration rate for the particular enclosed area.
- Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint.
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Noun
- This is some form of amusement you're talking about.