pot

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding…

   A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).

2. 2

   Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly

3. 3

   Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.

   • Rowten Pot
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   1. 4

      A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are…

      A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.

   2. 5

      Ruin or deterioration.

      • After his arrest, his prospects went to pot.
   3. 6

      Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.

   4. 7

      An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.

      • The pot is an iron hat with broad brims: there are many under the denomination in the Tower, said to have been taken from the French...
   5. 8

      A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail…

      A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.

   6. 9

      The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance

      The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.

      • No one's interested. You need to sweeten the pot.
   7. 10

      An allocation of money for a particular purpose.

      • a pension pot
      • a savings pot
   8. 11

      A favorite

      A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.

   9. 12

      Clipping of potbelly (“a pot-shaped belly, a paunch”).

   10. 13

       Clipping of potshot (“a haphazard shot

       Clipping of potshot (“a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot”).

       • England were shipping penalties at an alarming rate - five in the first 15 minutes alone - and with Wilkinson missing three long-distance pots of his own in the first 20 minutes, the alarm bells began to ring for Martin Johnson's men.
   11. 14

       A plaster cast.

   12. 15

       Alternative form of pott

       Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.

   13. 16

       To put (something) into a pot.

       • to pot a plant
   14. 17

       To preserve by bottling or canning.

       • potted meat
   15. 18

       To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.

   16. 19

       To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.

   17. 20

       To be capable of being potted.

       • The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way.
   18. 21

       To shoot with a firearm.

       • 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.
   19. 22

       To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.

   20. 23

       To secure

       To secure; gain; win; bag.

   21. 24

       To send someone to jail, expeditiously.

   22. 25

       To tipple

       To tipple; to drink.

       • It is less labour to plough than to pot it.
   23. 26

       To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.

       • Too much temper likewise prevents the melasses from separating from the sugar when it is potted or put into the hogshead
   24. 27

       To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet…

       To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.

       • If you leave out this “catching" stage altogether and start proper toilet training at, say, eighteen months you will only have to pot your baby about 2000 times for the same effect.
       • Do not make the mistake of potting your baby as early as possible, but wait until she gives the signal that she is aware that puddles are somehow to do with her.
   25. 28

       To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.

   26. 29

       To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.

       • Most Fishneck watermen oystered in winter, using the same small skiffs from which they potted crabs in summer.
       • Potting Eels: Except for the mature neshaws, Vineyard eels were potted (caught by pots) in September and October. […] When eeling was good, each pot would catch 25 to 100 pounds of neshaws; some pots would be filled to capacity.
   27. 30

       To score (a drop goal).

       • With five minutes to go, Trevathan potted his second goal, and finally it was the fullback Taylor who scored.
       • He played for the Oxford Australians against their Cambridge counterparts, and even potted a few goals at picnic Rugby matches.
   28. 31

       Marijuana.

       • The way we figure it, ma'am, if everybody walked around naked, smoked pot and listened to rock'n'roll, there wouldn't be any more wars!
   29. 32

       A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust…

       A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.

   30. 33

       To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.

       • While the announcer is talking, the select switch on the mixing board for the microphone input is selected, and the microphone is “potted up.”
   31. 34

       Clipping of potion.

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