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When these suckers had formed roots in the open ground, or kind of nursery where they were planted, they were looked over and the best taken up for potting.
Robert Fortune

Meaning of "potting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POTTING

potting play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POTTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Potting is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb potting in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO POTTING

PRESENT

Present
I pot
you pot
he/she/it pots
we pot
you pot
they pot
Present continuous
I am potting
you are potting
he/she/it is potting
we are potting
you are potting
they are potting
Present perfect
I have potted
you have potted
he/she/it has potted
we have potted
you have potted
they have potted
Present perfect continuous
I have been potting
you have been potting
he/she/it has been potting
we have been potting
you have been potting
they have been potting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I potted
you potted
he/she/it potted
we potted
you potted
they potted
Past continuous
I was potting
you were potting
he/she/it was potting
we were potting
you were potting
they were potting
Past perfect
I had potted
you had potted
he/she/it had potted
we had potted
you had potted
they had potted
Past perfect continuous
I had been potting
you had been potting
he/she/it had been potting
we had been potting
you had been potting
they had been potting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will pot
you will pot
he/she/it will pot
we will pot
you will pot
they will pot
Future continuous
I will be potting
you will be potting
he/she/it will be potting
we will be potting
you will be potting
they will be potting
Future perfect
I will have potted
you will have potted
he/she/it will have potted
we will have potted
you will have potted
they will have potted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been potting
you will have been potting
he/she/it will have been potting
we will have been potting
you will have been potting
they will have been potting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would potting
you would potting
he/she/it would potting
we would potting
you would potting
they would potting
Conditional continuous
I would be potting
you would be potting
he/she/it would be potting
we would be potting
you would be potting
they would be potting
Conditional perfect
I would have potting
you would have potting
he/she/it would have potting
we would have potting
you would have potting
they would have potting
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been potting
you would have been potting
he/she/it would have been potting
we would have been potting
you would have been potting
they would have been potting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pot
we let´s pot
you pot
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pot
Past participle
potted
Present Participle
potting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POTTING

potter´s field
potter´s wheel
potterer
Potteresque
Potteries
potteringly
pottery
pottier
potties
pottiest
pottiness
potting compost
potting shed
pottinger
pottle
potto
potty
potty training
potty-train
pottymouth

WORDS THAT END LIKE POTTING

accounting
admitting
batting
betting
chatting
committing
cutting
emitting
fitting
formatting
knitting
letting
permitting
plotting
putting
setting
sitting
splitting
spotting
submitting
transmitting

Synonyms and antonyms of potting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «POTTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «potting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of potting
bank · basin · bowl · bulge · cauldron · container · corporation · crock · cup · funds · gut · hit · jackpot · jug · kitty · pan · paunch · plug · pool · potbelly · prize · purse · shoot · skillet · spare tyre · spread · stakes · strike · trophy · urn · utensil · vase · vessel

Translation of «potting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POTTING

Find out the translation of potting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of potting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «potting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

灌封
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

macetas
570 millions of speakers

English

potting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

potting
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بوتينغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заливки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

envasamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাত্রে রাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rempotage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Potting
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blumenerde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポッティング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포팅
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Potting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பூச்சட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॉटिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çömlekçilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

invasatura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zalewania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заливки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ghiveci
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γλάστρες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

potte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

potting
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

potting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of potting

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POTTING»

The term «potting» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.537 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POTTING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «potting» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «potting» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about potting

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «POTTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word potting.
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Robert Fortune
When these suckers had formed roots in the open ground, or kind of nursery where they were planted, they were looked over and the best taken up for potting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTTING»

Discover the use of potting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to potting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Potting Shed
Its practical character eases our garden labors. Its romantic nature enriches our lives. Here is peace, and beauty, and a sense of purpose.
Linda Joan Smith, Hugh Palmer, 1996
2
Potting: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Let us not fag in paltry works which serve our pot and bag alone.ndash;Ralph Waldo EmersonGood wine needs no bush, and perhaps products that people really want need no hard-sell or soft-sell TV push. Why not?
‎2008
3
100 Amazing Make-It-Yourself Science Fair Projects
Fill the first can with 3 cups (720 ml) of marbles. Then place 3 cups (720 ml) each of potting soil, sand, and clay in the remaining cans. Label the cans with a felt-tip marker. Our control, against which we'll measure results, is the can of marbles.
‎2005
4
Electronic Materials Handbook: Packaging
Microelectronic devices for most commercial applications are encased in a plastic packaging material such as a potting compound, a glob top, or a molding compound. In special industrial applications and in military uses where ultimate ...
‎1989
5
The Playground Potting Shed: Gardening with Children Made Simple
Early summer term, then, is a time to do something with all the seedlings you have raised, whether it's thinning, potting on, hardening off or planting out — or a combination of all of them. It means that our sessions became more varied with ...
Dominic Murphy, 2012
6
Pine bark recommended as potting medium in tests for ...
This paper reports the effects of 16 potting media with and without fertilization on growth and susceptibility to fusiform rust in slash pine seedlings in greenhouse culture. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seeds collected from open- pollinated ...
Samuel J. Rowan, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station (Asheville, N.C.), United States. Forest Service, 1978
7
The Potting-shed Papers: On Gardens, Gardeners and Garden ...
In these essays, Charles Elliott casts a whimsical eye over gardens and gardening around the globe.
Charles Elliott, 2002
8
Biological Control of Pythium Root Rot in Soilless Potting Mixes
Chapter 2 (To be submitted to Phytopathology) Characterization of an asexual isolate of Pythium ultimum var. ultimum causing blackleg disease of geranium, and its biocontrol in potting mixes containing Bacillus subtilis MBI600 ABSTRACT A ...
Anuthep Pasura, 2008
9
Potting media for Atriplex production under greenhouse ...
Although some potting media containing 5 percent soil produced slightly larger seedlings than did soilless media, the decreased seedling emergence and greater mortality from damping-off in soil-amended media make soilless media ...
Robert Bruce Ferguson, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Ogden, Utah), 1980
10
A Century of Potting in the City of Worcester: Being the ...
has not been carefully prepared, and the glaze is imperfectly stained, leading one to suppose that the painting department was better looked after than the potting. It would also seem to verify a saying which has been recorded of one of the ...
Richard William Binns, 1865

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term potting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Gilberto era with TFC comes to an end
He struggled to score early in the season before potting multiple key goals last summer. His pace and work rate are second-to-none and he can ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
2
Whitecaps FC dominate, but manager Carl Robinson thinks there's …
Rivero buried the ball from the spot, potting his team-leading eighth goal of the season. The 'Caps could have scored many more goals, as they ... «Vancity Buzz, Jul 15»
3
Watering that garden right during summer's high temperatures …
He cared for it since it was a sapling and kept potting it up until the bush was in a 25-gallon pot and reached nearly 6 feet in height. «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
4
World Grand Prix Snooker: Llandudno to host tournament in 2016
Young potting sensation Judd Trump, who won the title last season, coming from 7-4 down in a superb final to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-7, ... «Daily Post North Wales, Jul 15»
5
Choosing a Garden Shed that Will Last for Years
I also wanted an area inside the shed were I could have a potting bench. We decided that a 10-foot by 10- or 12-foot shed would be just right for ... «Mother Earth News, Jul 15»
6
Blue jeans and monarch dreams
We soaked the seeds in moist paper towels and refrigerated them for several weeks before potting them indoors. My parents heard of our ... «Newton Daily News, Jul 15»
7
Pittsburgh Penguins: Brandon Sutter's Numbers Tell the Real Story
If Sutter is capable of potting 4 while shorthanded, what could Sid and Geno do? Sutter's possession numbers are intriguing on the PK. He led ... «Pens Labyrinth, Jul 15»
8
VC native creates clone of white mulberry tree
To root a tree, Walla said a shoot is taken from a growing tree and put into a potting mixture with a rooting-growing regulator, and the bottom of ... «Jamestown Sun, Jul 15»
9
45 things to do this summer in Dorset and the New Forest
Visitors can sit outdoors or explore the themed garden huts including The Potting Shed, The Beach Hut or The Birdcage. Hot Rize, Justin Currie of Del Amitri and ... «Bournemouth Echo, Jul 15»
10
Bhindi from the balcony
Pots and soil or potting combine are the solely funding. “Delhi soil tends to develop into exhausting. Plants want aerated, pliable soil, a mixture ... «Bharat Press, Jul 15»

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