Now chiefly English regional.(a) A body of still water, usually of artificial formation; a pond; cf. pond, n. 1a, 1c. (b) A body of water confined…

A small body of still water of artificial formation, made either by excavating a hollow in the ground or by embanking and damming up a watercourse in…

A pool, a pond, esp. a fish pond. Also (Roman History): a pool for swimming or bathing. Now chiefly historical.

A pond, a pool, esp. one for swimming or bathing. Cf. piscina, n. 1.

transferred. A pond of any kind; also, a moat.

A small pond or pool. dialect.

A small pond.

A pond, esp. one used to water cattle.

In Australia, an artificial reservoir designed to hold water for livestock; U.S. dialect, an artificial pond or lake.

†(a) ? (see quot. 1627); (b) U.S. a whirlpool, a pond; (c) Canadian and Australian slang, a term of abuse (cf. suck, n.1 12); hence as v. intransitive…