ponded

Verb (1)

pond (third-person singular simple present ponds, present participle ponding, simple past and past participle ponded)

1. (transitive) To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
   • 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.2004, Calvin W. Rose, An Introduction to the Environmental Physics of Soil, Water and Watersheds, →ISBN, page 201
2. (transitive) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
3. (intransitive) To form a pond; to pool.

Verb (2)

pond (third-person singular simple present ponds, present participle ponding, simple past and past participle ponded)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To ponder.
   • Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint.1579, Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender

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