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slang

potted

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verb

past tense of pot

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Recent Examples of potted
Adjective
The potted plant experiment gave Wilde the idea that incorporating unused wool—which can hold up to 35% of its weight in H2O—into his compost pile might keep the product moist. Lindsey King, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024 The Colegio's expansive interior courtyard doubles as a dreamily quiet bar filled with potted plants, including two splendid palms from Sicily, making an idyllic, rainforest-like setting for a summer aperitivo. Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024 How To Plant Golden Oakland® Holly Golden Oakland® Holly is available from garden centers and online retailers as potted plants for early spring or fall planting. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024 In mild winter climates, potted hydrangea plants can outdoors with little protection. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for potted 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potted
Adjective
  • Hot honey: Four pizzas and two appetizers on Paulie Gee's menu feature this craze, along with fried chicken at The Eagle and Kitchen Social. 🥒 Pickled foods: Get your fix delivered from the Crazy Cucumber.
    Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
  • From shrimp platters to crab cakes to fried oysters, Page’s sources much of its seafood locally.
    Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Six of the players in the round of 16 were seeded 20th or higher, and half the top eight seeds were out before the quarters.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • What was seeded as an art project for an internship with Yolé!
    Akilah Sailers, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Like, straight-up crazy, drunk wrestled in the middle of...
    Julia Moore, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In Jerry Springer, one guest recalls receiving drink tickets and being encouraged to get drunk.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Six states declared a state of emergency, while winter storm warnings and weather advisories were put in place for 23 states this morning by the National Weather Service (NWS).
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Not an ox by any means but strong at this level after putting in some work and even after lost training time to the shoulder surgery.
    Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Analisa Corr, a 53-year-old Australian woman who claims her father is former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., pleaded innocent to charges accusing her of causing a drunken disturbance on a Jetstar domestic flight between Hobart and Sydney.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Gone is the attention to process and scuzzy detail that made the first film notable, replaced here by a wild, drunken emotional energy that dispenses with story logic and clarity.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Since hair is weakest when wet, sleeping in wet hair can cause hair to become dry and brittle, causing split ends, breakage, and fallout.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Southern California’s status quo is extreme swings between dry and wet, the UCLA researchers noted, but the lack of rainfall since May 2024 was exceptional.
    Angela Fritz, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
  • There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Their plastered smiles and scripted pleasantries represented a great loss of emotional freedom and a new level of managerial control.
    TIME, TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
  • And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls.
    David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022

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“Potted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potted. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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