potted

UK: /ˈpɒtɪd/ US: /ˈpɑtɪd/ ,(pot′id)

From the verb pot: (⇒ conjugate)

potted is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

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pot•ted /ˈpɑtɪd/   adj. 

1. transplanted into or grown in a pot:
   [before a noun] an office decorated with potted plants.
2. Drugs, Slang Terms [Slang.] drunk.

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pot•ted  (pot′id), adj. 

1. placed or enclosed in a pot.
2. transplanted into or grown in a pot.
3. preserved or cooked in a pot:
   potted beef.
4. Drugs, Slang Terms [Slang.] drunk.
5. British Terms (of the treatment of a subject) shallow;
   superficial.

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

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potted / ˈpɒtɪd/ adjective

1. placed or grown in a pot
2. cooked or preserved in a pot: potted shrimps
3. summarized or abridged: a potted version of a novel

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pot¹ /pɑt/   n., v., pot•ted, pot•ting. 
n. [countable]

1. a container made of baked clay, metal, etc., used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
2. such a container with its contents:
   a pot of stew.
3. flowerpot.
4. a container of liquor or other drink:
   a pot of ale.
5. chamber pot.
6. Slang Terms a large sum of money:
   [usually singular] He inherited quite a pot when she died.
7. all the money bet at a single time;
   pool:
   He put all his winnings in the pot for one last game.
8. Slang Terms potbelly:
   He'd developed quite a pot drinking all that beer.

v. 

9. to put or transplant into a pot:
   [~ + object] to pot a plant.

Idioms

10. Idioms go to pot, [no object] to become ruined;
    get worse;
    deteriorate:
    The whole city seems to be going to pot.

pot•ful, n. [countable] , pl. -fuls. 

pot² /pɑt/   n. [uncountable]

1. Drugs, Slang Terms [Slang.] marijuana.

-pot-, root. 

1. -pot- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "power;
   ability.'' This meaning is found in such words as: impotence, impotent, omnipotent, plenipotentiary, potency, potent, potential.

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pot¹  (pot), n., v., pot•ted, pot•ting. 
n. 

1. 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.
2. such a container with its contents:
   a pot of stew.
3. the amount contained in or held by a pot;
   potful.
4. a flowerpot.
5. a container of liquor or other drink:
   a pot of ale.
6. liquor or other drink.
7. Botany a cagelike vessel for trapping fish, lobsters, eels, etc., typically made of wood, wicker, or wire. Cf. lobster pot. 
8. a chamber pot.
9. Metallurgy
   • a vessel for melting metal;
     melting pot.
   • an electrolytic cell for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
10. British Terms
    • See chimney pot. 
    • [Dial.] a basket or box used for carrying provisions or the like;
      a pannier.
11. Slang Terms a large sum of money.
12. all the money bet at a single time;
    pool.
13. British Terms (in horse racing) the favorite.
14. See potshot. 
15. Weights and Measures a liquid measure, usually equal to a pint or quart.
16. [Armor.]
    • an open, broad-brimmed helmet of the 17th century.
    • any open helmet.
17. Slang Terms a potbelly.
18. Idioms go to pot, to become ruined;
    deteriorate:
    With no one to care for it, the lovely old garden went to pot.
19. Idioms sweeten the pot. See sweeten (def. 8).

v.t. 

20. to put into a pot.
21. to preserve (food) in a pot.
22. to cook in a pot.
23. to transplant into a pot:
    We must pot the petunias.
24. Sport [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.
25. Informal Terms to capture, secure, or win.

v.i. 

26. Informal Terms to take a potshot;
    shoot.

• 1150–1200; Middle English pott (see potter¹); cognate with Dutch, Low German pot (perh. French pot)

pot′like′, adj. 

pot²  (pot), n. [Slang.]

1. Drugs, Slang Terms marijuana.

• said to be a shortening of Mexican Spanish potiguaya or potaguaya, apparently contraction of potación de guaya wine or brandy in which marijuana buds have been steeped (literally, drink of grief ) 1935–40, American.

pot³  (pot), n. [Scot. and North Eng.]

1. Scottish Terms a deep hole;
   pit.

• 1325–75; Middle English; perh. identical with pot¹

pot., [Elect.]

1. Electricity potential.
2. Electricity potentiometer.

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pot / pɒt/ noun

1. 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
2. short for flowerpot, teapot
3. the amount that a pot will hold; potful
4. a chamber pot, esp a small one designed for a baby or toddler
5. a handmade piece of pottery
6. a large mug or tankard, as for beer
7. any of various measures used for serving beer
8. a cup or trophy, esp of silver, awarded as a prize in a competition
9. the money or stakes in the pool in gambling games, esp poker
10. (often plural) a large amount, esp of money
11. 
    short for chimneypot
12. See pot shot
13. See potbelly
14. go to pot ⇒ to go to ruin; deteriorate
15. stir the pot ⇒ to cause trouble or controversy, esp deliberately

verb (pots, potting, potted)(mainly tr)

1. to put or preserve (goods, meat, etc) in a pot
2. to shoot (game) for food rather than for sport
3. (also intr) to shoot casually or without careful aim at (an animal, etc)
4. (also intr) to shape clay as a potter
5. to pocket (a ball)
6. to capture or win; secure

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

pot / pɒt/ noun

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

Etymology: 20th Century: perhaps shortened from local Mexican word potiguaya

pot / pɒt/ noun

1. 
   short for potentiometer