I. ˈpänd noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English ponde, alteration of pounde, poonde enclosure — more at pound
1. Britain : a body of water artificially confined
2. : a body of water usually smaller than a lake and larger than a pool either naturally or artificially confined
3. : pool
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
1. : to cause (as a stream) to form a pond : impound — usu used with up
2. : to cover (concrete) with a pool of water for the purpose of curing
intransitive verb
: to form a pond or pool
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Dutch, pound; akin to English pound
: a gold coin of the former South African Republic equivalent to the English sovereign and struck 1892 to 1902