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(n)
Boundary, limit; a boundary-marker; boundary-line.
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(often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
(hydrology, US, Canada) A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.
A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
(usually in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
(adj)
Of or pertaining to an estuary.
Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
(countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).
Fine particles.
A closed container for liquids or gases.
The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
(baseball, soccer, cricket) A sunken shelter at the side of a sports field where non-playing team members and staff sit during a game.
An adult female horse.
A surname.
A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.
Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
(finance) A futures contract, of a particular group, whose settlement date is the earliest.
The act of impounding.
(philosophy, mysticism) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.
A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.
Ornamental domesticated varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring.
The Lake District, a rural area in northwest England.
A surname from Swedish.
A surname from Arabic.
(v)
(transitive) To create.
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
(transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
(transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
Initialism of ginger beer plant. [A fermentation starter used to make ginger beer.]
(historical) Alternative spelling of Barqa, former name of Marj: a city in Libya. [(historical) Former name of Marj: a city in Libya.]
(derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
A small lake.
A depression in which water collects, especially one where wild animals come to drink.
(Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.
A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
A pond or reservoir produced by damming a river or stream in order to provide a steady source of water for a millrace.
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.
A pond that is populated by ducks, especially an ornamental pond in a garden.
A fur or hide.
The water in a pond.
A lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin.
An expanse of an ocean, sea, or large lake which is distant from shore and devoid of nearby islands or other obstructions.
Alternative spelling of fishpond. [A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food.]
A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.
Alternative spelling of pondlife. [The living creatures found in a pond.]
A pond in which water lilies grow.
The living creatures found in a pond.
(geography) A large but relatively shallow expanse of water within a landmass, sometimes connected to the ocean.
Any freshwater snail in the family Lymnaeidae.
The "landscape" of a pond
A basin or tank, especially one for holding fishes or for growing aquatic plants.
Alternative form of stewpond. [Synonym of stew (“a pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating”).]
Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:
(geology) A freshwater body that collects in a depression formed along a fault.
Synonym of saltern: a man-made pond where salty water is evaporated to recover salt and/or other minerals.
(rare) A pond where fish are fed.
A salt marsh, or salt pond, enclosed from the sea.
Alternative form of pondlily. [spatterdock]
Dated form of lagoon. [A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.]
Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
Any of a series of glacial lakes connected by a single stream or a braided stream system.
(India) lake, pond
The lowest part of anything.
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
The water in a pool.
The water in a lake.