to pot
- verb
- /pɑt/
- To ensure healthy growth, it's important to pot the plant in a larger container when it outgrows its current one.
- pot a plant
- potting soil
- pot bulbs
But you can just pop that in there, shove it down a little bit, pot it up with soil.
- But you can just pop that in there, shove it down a little bit, pot it up with soil.
Examples
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After carefully preparing the soil, she decided to pot the young seedlings in individual containers.
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Each class consists of a lecture on a topic selected by the teacher, a learning activity that reinforces the lecture, and a workshop during which children pot up a plant to take home.
Academic text (1992) -
I dig it up and pot it.
Blog text (18) -
But you can just pop that in there, shove it down a little bit, pot it up with soil.
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Oh, there's Douglas, and we are ready to pot up our first two plants.
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Now that I think of it, you could probably container pot them and just bring them inside when it gets chilly.
Blog text (18) -
First, I will be potting up the new bulbs.
Blog text (34) -
I've been plucking bulbils off and potting them up for a couple of weeks now.
Blog text (11) -
He learned how to pot his favorite herbs during the gardening workshop last weekend.
Idioms
- Offensive
Tell someone in a rude way to decide now or stop wasting time
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
A large piece of beef slow cooked in liquid in a covered pot with vegetables like carrots and potatoes
- Informal
A place where people from different cultures mix and become one community
- US
Liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables or meat that is used as a base for soup
- Specialized
A device with a piston that moves through liquid or air to slow sudden movement in machines
- Specialized
A small heatproof bowl made of bone ash to separate metals like gold or silver during testing
A spicy soup with cow tripe, vegetables, and pepper often with dumplings
- US
A mild soft white cheese that comes from milk curds, often used as a spread or in cooking
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Etymology
The verb pot (to put a plant into a pot) comes directly from the noun pot — you place the plant into a 'pot', so to 'pot' is to put it in that container. That's why gardeners say they 'pot' seedlings when they move them to their pots.