Potted
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Potted is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of pot.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of pot.
More Meanings
- (of a plant) Grown or planted in a plant pot.
- (informal) Prepared in advance, as though preserved by potting.
- (of a biographical or historical account) Expressed in a relatively short, brief form.
- (slang) Drunk.
Example Sentences
a potted history
The company released a potted statement.
Granny waters her potted plants on the windowsill every day.
In it she gives a potted history of leading figures from Beatrice Webb to Christine Lagarde and—her favourite—Janet Yellen, the US Treasury secretary, whom she recently met in Washington.
Synonyms for potted
Depending on context, synonyms include prepared, adrip, arseholed, bedrunken, befuddled, besotted.
Antonyms for potted
Common opposites include unpotted.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include abridged, preserved, stewed, encapsulated, root-bound, self-watering.
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