pot
/pɑt/ verb C2- To put (something) into a pot. · to pot a plant
- To preserve by bottling or canning. · potted meat
- To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.
- To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- To be capable of being potted. · The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way.
- To shoot with a firearm.
- To take a potshot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.
- To secure; gain; win; bag.
He/she/it pots · Past potted · Past participle potted · -ing form potting
Verb forms
- Base form
- pot
- He/she/it
- pots
- Past
- potted
- Past participle
- potted
- -ing form
- potting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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These odors escaped from two deep dishes which were covered and placed on a stove, and from a copper pan placed in an old iron pot.
“Oz keeps a great pot of courage in his Throne Room,” said the man, “which he has covered with a golden plate, to keep it from running over.
## The Flies and the Honey-Pot
The Earthen Pot said to the Brass Pot, “Pray keep at a distance and do not come near me, for if you touch me ever so slightly, I shall be broken in pieces, and besides, I by no means wish to come near you.”
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