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to repot

to repot

1 4.7
To move a plant into a larger pot
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈpɑːt/
translation icon : trasplantar
  • We are going to attempt to repot this massive Christmas cactus.
  • repot the plant
  • time to repot

And this is the third time they're going to be repotted this season.

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Examples

  • I CAN REPOT YOUR PLANTS, I CAN DO ALL THE HEAVY STUFF FOR YOU.

    Tumbleweeds (1999)

  • We'll check all of them today and repot any that have roots right back here.

  • And if your plant roots, like go out of the pot, you repot it, right?

  • We are going to attempt to repot this massive Christmas cactus.

  • Well, we could just kick some ideas around, repot the ficus.

    Music and Lyrics (2007)

  • One way you can fix this is by repotting into a more well drained soil.

  • It's time to repot when a plant's roots have filled its container and you can't wriggle a finger into the soil.

  • Fall is a good time to repot most houseplants.

Synonyms

to replant
vsto repot
14 3.3

To put a tree, flower, or seed back into the ground after moving it

is about moving a plant into a new usually larger container

Surface Forms

repot infinitive
repotted past
repotted past participle
repotting present participle
repots third person singular

Morphology

repot = pot (transparent) = re + pot

This is a standard and easily interpretable use of 're-' with the verb 'pot', meaning to pot again or into another pot.

Etymology

Repot comes from re- ('again') and pot ('container'), so it literally means to put a plant in a pot again. That's why to repot a plant is to move it into a new, usually bigger, pot.