Used in a Sentence

ponds

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ponds.

Editorial note

Lots of little ponds means you are more likely to find the few where you can be the big fish.

Examples12
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ponds gathered in one view.

noun

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

noun

An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ponds.

noun

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

noun

An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.

noun

A surname.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of the pond (“the Atlantic Ocean”).

Example sentences

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Lots of little ponds means you are more likely to find the few where you can be the big fish.

2

Big fish in small ponds frequently (to stretch an analogy painfully thin) start to take over nearby larger ponds once they've dominated their niche.

3

Or is it that the modern academic job scene pushes people to be big fish in small ponds rather than medium-sized fish in bigger ponds?

4

Has anyone seen a life cycle analysis of decommissioning a coal or nuclear plant or managing tailing ponds?

5

What happens if incompetence, natural disaster or malicious actor disrupts the cooling ponds where radioactive waste products are stored?

6

Once you are the big fish in that small pond feature set, branch outwards to other ponds.

7

Molycorp's Mountain Pass, CA rare earth mine is now in full production.[1] No more tailings ponds.

8

Refitting the architecture boat to sail seas of information instead of motoring commodified ponds of construction?

9

He also uses keyline design, swales, & ponds to efficiently use water & reduce runoff.

10

I like to paddle around local lakes and ponds with my wife in our homemade carbon fiber boats.

11

Don't they have salt ponds in the bay around San Jose?

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Even the Sierra Club is reasonably satisfied.[2] Rather than tailings ponds, they have a large back-end processing operation which gets the water out of the tailings.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ponds in a sentence?

Lots of little ponds means you are more likely to find the few where you can be the big fish.

What does ponds mean?

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

What part of speech is ponds?

ponds is commonly used as noun.