"potted" meaning in English

See potted in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-potted.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɒtɪd Etymology: From pot + -ed. Adjective meaning "prepared in advance" by analogy with potted meat (canned meat), first used in a published work by L. Susan Stebbing in her Pelican classic Thinking to some purpose (1939), where "potted thinking" is defined as "a compressed statement to save us the trouble of thinking". Etymology templates: {{suf|en|pot|-ed}} pot + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} potted (not comparable)
  1. (of a plant) Grown or planted in a plant pot. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-potted-en-adj-DBhLmVLy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 36 0 6 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 25 38 0 5 32
  2. (informal) Prepared in advance, as though preserved by potting. Tags: informal, not-comparable Synonyms: prepared
    Sense id: en-potted-en-adj-1nhHEVj- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 36 0 6 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 25 38 0 5 32
  3. (slang) Drunk. Tags: not-comparable, slang Synonyms: drunk
    Sense id: en-potted-en-adj-z6fuMRDZ
  4. (of a biographical or historical account) Expressed in a relatively short, brief form. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-potted-en-adj-~6UWoacB Categories (other): English terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: potted plant, potted shrimp

Verb

Audio: En-au-potted.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɒtɪd Etymology: From pot + -ed. Adjective meaning "prepared in advance" by analogy with potted meat (canned meat), first used in a published work by L. Susan Stebbing in her Pelican classic Thinking to some purpose (1939), where "potted thinking" is defined as "a compressed statement to save us the trouble of thinking". Etymology templates: {{suf|en|pot|-ed}} pot + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} potted
  1. simple past and past participle of pot Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: pot
    Sense id: en-potted-en-verb-QyJFqL8Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 36 0 6 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 25 38 0 5 32

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