potted

[ pot-id ]

/ ˈpɒt ɪd /

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adjective

placed or enclosed in a pot.

transplanted into or grown in a pot.

preserved or cooked in a pot: potted beef.

Slang. drunk.

British Slang. (of the treatment of a subject) shallow; superficial.

Nearby words

potsy, pott's abscess, pott's disease, pott's fracture, pottage, potted, potter, potter wasp, potter's clay, potter's facies, potter's field

Origin of potted

1640–50; 1920–25 for def 4; pot¹ + -ed²

Related formsun·pot·ted, adjective

Definition for potted (2 of 2)

pot

[ pot ]

/ pɒt /

noun

a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.

such a container with its contents: a pot of stew.

the amount contained in or held by a pot; potful.

a flowerpot.

a container of liquor or other drink: a pot of ale.

liquor or other drink.

a cagelike vessel for trapping fish, lobsters, eels, etc., typically made of wood, wicker, or wire.Compare lobster pot.

a chamber pot.

Metallurgy.

a vessel for melting metal; melting pot.
an electrolytic cell for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.

British.

chimney pot.
Dialect. a basket or box used for carrying provisions or the like; a pannier.

Slang. a large sum of money.

all the money bet at a single time; pool.

British Slang. (in horse racing) the favorite.

potshot.

a liquid measure, usually equal to a pint or quart.

Armor.

an open, broad-brimmed helmet of the 17th century.
any open helmet.

Slang. a potbelly.

verb (used with object), pot·ted, pot·ting.

to put into a pot.

to preserve (food) in a pot.

to cook in a pot.

to transplant into a pot: We must pot the petunias.

Hunting.

to shoot (game birds) on the ground or water, or (game animals) at rest, instead of in flight or running: He can't even pot a sitting duck.
to shoot for food, not for sport.

Informal. to capture, secure, or win.

verb (used without object), pot·ted, pot·ting.

Informal. to take a potshot; shoot.

Origin of pot

1150–1200; Middle English pott (see potter¹); cognate with Dutch, Low German pot (perhaps > French pot)

Related formspot·like, adjective

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Examples from the Web for potted

Much like her character, Esco frequently quotes influential people and launches into potted history lessons.
‘Free The Nipple’: (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right to Go Topless|Lizzie Crocker|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another industry insider is not so kind, “Some artists contribute as much as a potted plant.”
Taylor Swift’s Secret Music Man: Max Martin, Elusive Hitmaker|Debra A. Klein|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In that chapter, Jennie has a conversation with a potted plant that tries, without success, to talk her out of leaving home.
Maurice Sendak Didn’t Just Make Books for Children, but for Everyone|Malcolm Jones|May 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Republican Sen. John Cornyn complained in a tweet that Congress was being treated like “a potted plant.”
Is the Libya War Legal?|Daniel Stone|March 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Spam may be the most well known, but there are hundreds of “potted meat products” available—Armour has an entire line.
The Weirdest Food Trend Ever|Robert Rosenthal|July 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
If my hands had not been tied by secret orders and later circumstances, I could have potted the beggar myself, easily.
Gold Out of Celebes|Aylward Edward Dingle
You've been there twenty times, of course, and remember the apple-green art-crafty furniture and potted palms and things.
The Book of Susan|Lee Wilson Dodd
"That's very poor comfort," said the potted Plants in the room.
What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales|Hans Christian Andersen
If grown in pots, three or four should be potted together and trained to a stout stick or teak rod.
Orchids|James O'Brien
If you have a light cellar, plants can be potted in fall and stored there for winter use.
ABC of Vegetable Gardening|Eben Eugene Rexford

British Dictionary definitions for potted (1 of 5)

potted

/ (ˈpɒtɪd) /

adjective

placed or grown in a pot

cooked or preserved in a potpotted shrimps

informal summarized or abridgeda potted version of a novel

British Dictionary definitions for potted (2 of 5)

pot

/ (pɒt) /

noun

a container made of earthenware, glass, or similar material; usually round and deep, often having a handle and lid, used for cooking and other domestic purposes

short for flowerpot, teapot

the amount that a pot will hold; potful

a chamber pot, esp a small one designed for a baby or toddler

a handmade piece of pottery

a large mug or tankard, as for beer

Australian any of various measures used for serving beer

informal a cup or trophy, esp of silver, awarded as a prize in a competition

the money or stakes in the pool in gambling games, esp poker

(often plural) informal a large amount, esp of money

a wicker trap for catching fish, esp crustaceansa lobster pot

billiards snooker a shot by which a ball is pocketed

mainly British short for chimneypot

US informal a joint fund created by a group of individuals or enterprises and drawn upon by them for specified purposes

hunting See pot shot

See potbelly

go to pot to go to ruin; deteriorate

verb pots, potting or potted (mainly tr)

to set (a plant) in a flowerpot to grow

to put or preserve (goods, meat, etc) in a pot

to cook (food) in a pot

to shoot (game) for food rather than for sport

to shoot (game birds or animals) while they are on the ground or immobile rather than flying or running

(also intr) to shoot casually or without careful aim at (an animal, etc)

to sit (a baby or toddler) on a chamber pot

(also intr) to shape clay as a potter

billiards snooker to pocket (a ball)

informal to capture or win; secure

Word Origin for pot

Late Old English pott, from Medieval Latin pottus (unattested), perhaps from Latin pōtus a drink; compare Middle Low German pot, Old Norse pottr

British Dictionary definitions for potted (3 of 5)

pot

/ (pɒt) /

noun

Scot and Northern English dialect a deep hole or pothole
(capital when part of a name)Pen-y-Ghent Pot

Word Origin for pot

C14: perhaps identical with pot 1 but possibly of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish dialect putt water hole, pit

British Dictionary definitions for potted (4 of 5)

pot

/ (pɒt) /

noun

slang cannabis used as a drug in any form, such as leaves (marijuana or hemp) or resin (hashish)

Word Origin for pot

C20: perhaps shortened from Mexican Indian potiguaya

British Dictionary definitions for potted (5 of 5)

pot

⁴

/ (pɒt) /

noun

informal short for potentiometer

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Word Origin and History for potted (1 of 4)

potted

adj.

of meat, "preserved in a pot," 1640s, past participle adjective from pot (v.). Of a plant, from 1718. In the figurative sense of "put into a short, condensed form," 1866,

Word Origin and History for potted (1 of 4)

pot

n.1

"vessel," from late Old English pott and Old French pot "pot, container, mortar" (also in erotic senses), both from a general Low Germanic (cf. Old Frisian pott, Middle Dutch pot) and Romanic word from Vulgar Latin *pottus, of uncertain origin, said by Barnhart and OED to be unconnected to Late Latin potus "drinking cup." Celtic forms are said to be borrowed from English and French.

Slang meaning "large sum of money staked on a bet" is attested from 1823. Pot roast is from 1881; phrase go to pot (16c.) suggests cooking. In phrases, the pot calls the kettle black-arse is from c.1700; shit or get off the pot is traced by Partridge to Canadian armed forces in World War II.

Word Origin and History for potted (2 of 4)

pot

n.2

"marijuana," 1938, probably a shortened form of Mexican Spanish potiguaya "marijuana leaves."

Word Origin and History for potted (3 of 4)

pot

"to put in a pot," 1610s, from pot (n.1). Related: Potted; potting. Earlier it meant "to drink from a pot" (1590s).

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pot

In addition to the idiom beginning with pot

pot calling the kettle black, the

also see:

fish or cut bait (shit or get off the pot)
go to pot
hit the jackpot
sweeten the kitty (pot)
take potluck
tempest in a teapot
watched pot never boils

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