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ALL meanings of potted

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  • adjective potted placed or enclosed in a pot. 1
  • adjective potted transplanted into or grown in a pot. 1
  • adjective potted preserved or cooked in a pot: potted beef. 1
  • adjective potted Slang. drunk. 1
  • adjective potted British Slang. (of the treatment of a subject) shallow; superficial. 1
  • noun potted 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. 1
  • noun potted such a container with its contents: a pot of stew. 1
  • noun potted the amount contained in or held by a pot; potful. 1
  • noun potted a flowerpot. 1
  • noun potted a container of liquor or other drink: a pot of ale. 1
  • noun potted liquor or other drink. 1
  • noun potted a cagelike vessel for trapping fish, lobsters, eels, etc., typically made of wood, wicker, or wire. Compare lobster pot. 1
  • noun potted a chamber pot. 1
  • noun potted Metallurgy. a vessel for melting metal; melting pot. an electrolytic cell for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts. 1
  • noun potted British. chimney pot. Dialect. a basket or box used for carrying provisions or the like; a pannier. 1
  • noun potted Slang. a large sum of money. 1
  • noun potted all the money bet at a single time; pool. 1
  • noun potted British Slang. (in horse racing) the favorite. 1
  • abbreviation POTTED potshot. 1
  • noun potted a liquid measure, usually equal to a pint or quart. 1
  • noun potted Armor. an open, broad-brimmed helmet of the 17th century. any open helmet. 1
  • noun potted Slang. a potbelly. 1
  • verb with object potted to put into a pot. 1
  • verb with object potted to preserve (food) in a pot. 1
  • verb with object potted to cook in a pot. 1
  • verb with object potted to transplant into a pot: We must pot the petunias. 1
  • verb with object potted 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. 1
  • verb with object potted Informal. to capture, secure, or win. 1
  • verb without object potted Informal. to take a potshot; shoot. 1
  • idioms potted go to pot, to become ruined; deteriorate: With no one to care for it, the lovely old garden went to pot. 1
  • idioms potted sweeten the pot. sweeten (def 8). 1
  • adjective potted plant: in a pot 1
  • adjective potted food: preserved in a pot 1
  • adjective potted Potted meat or fish is cooked meat or fish, usually in the form of a paste, which has been put into a small sealed container. 0
  • adjective potted A potted history or biography contains just the main facts about someone or something. 0
  • adjective potted placed or grown in a pot 0
  • adjective potted cooked or preserved in a pot 0
  • adjective potted summarized or abridged 0
  • adjective potted put into a pot 0
  • adjective potted cooked or preserved in a pot or can 0
  • adjective potted intoxicated; drunk 0
  • adjective potted condensed or summarized, often so as to be too brief, superficial, etc. 0
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