Potted

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pot \Pot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Potting}.]
     1. To place or inclose in pots; as:
        (a) To preserve seasoned in pots. "Potted fowl and fish."
            --Dryden.
        (b) To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or


            bulbs.
        (c) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the
            cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having
            perforated heads, through which the molasses drains
            off. --B. Edwards.
        (d) (Billiards) To pocket.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To shoot for the pot, i.e., cooking; to secure or hit by a
        pot shot; to shoot when no special skill is needed.
  
              When hunted, it [the jaguar] takes refuge in trees,
              and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue
              it with dogs and pot it when treed.   --Encyc. of
                                                    Sport.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. To secure; gain; win; bag. [Colloq.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pot
       n 1: metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round
            and deep; often has a handle and lid
       2: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: {toilet},
           {can}, {commode}, {crapper}, {potty}, {stool}, {throne}]
       3: the quantity contained in a pot [syn: {potful}]
       4: a container in which plants are cultivated [syn: {flowerpot}]
       5: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
          "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
          money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
          have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
          deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess},
           {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {quite
          a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy
          sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
       6: the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
          [syn: {jackpot}, {kitty}]
       7: slang terms for a paunch [syn: {potbelly}, {bay window}, {corporation},
           {tummy}]
       8: a resistor with three terminals, the third being an
          adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in
          radios and TV sets [syn: {potentiometer}]
       9: street names for marijuana [syn: {grass}, {green goddess}, {dope},
           {weed}, {gage}, {sess}, {sens}, {smoke}, {skunk}, {locoweed},
           {Mary Jane}]
       v : plant in a pot; "He potted the palm"
       [also: {potting}, {potted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  potted
       adj 1: of plants; planted or grown in a pot; "potted geraniums"
              [ant: {unpotted}]
       2: preserved in a pot or can or jar; "potted meat"; "potted
          shrimp"
       3: (British informal) summarized or abridged; "a potted version
          of a novel"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  potted
       See {pot}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "potted":
     afflicted, bent, boiled, bombed, boozy, canned, capsule, cockeyed,
     cockeyed drunk, crocked, crocko, elevated, fried, fuddled,
     half-seas over, high, illuminated, lit, lit up, loaded, lubricated,
     lushy, muzzy, oiled, organized, pickled, pie-eyed, pissed,
     pissy-eyed, pixilated, plastered, pocket, polluted, raddled,
     screwy, shellacked, skunk-drunk, smashed, soaked, soused, squiffy,
     stewed, stinko, swacked, tanked, tight