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Ponder

//ˈpɒn.də(ɹ)// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A ghost town in Ripley County, Missouri, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A town in Denton County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A period of deep thought. colloquial

    "I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion."

Verb
  1. 1
    To wonder, think of deeply.
  2. 2
    reflect deeply on a subject wordnet
  3. 3
    To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.

    "I have spent days pondering the meaning of life."

  4. 4
    To weigh. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderāre (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderāre (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.

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