pond

1. An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
2. An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river.
3. The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond.

   I haven't been back home across the pond in twenty years.

1. To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam.
2. To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
3. To form a pond; to pool.

verb

To ponder.