pot1
  
  n.
      - a rounded or cylindrical container used for storage or cooking. 
▸a container designed to hold a particular substance:
 a coffee pot.
  ▸a flowerpot.
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(the pot)
 the total sum of the bets made on a round in poker, brag, etc.
 - informal a prize in a sporting contest, especially a silver cup.
 - informal a pot belly.
 - informal an engine cylinder.
 - Billiards  & Snooker  a shot in which a player strikes a ball into a pocket.
 
v.
 (pots, potting, potted)
       - plant in a pot. 
▸
(pot something on)
 transplant a plant from a smaller pot to a larger one.
 ▸
(pot something up)
 transplant a seedling into a flowerpot.
 - preserve (food) in a sealed pot or jar.
 - Billiards  & Snooker  strike (a ball) into a pocket.
 - informal hit or kill by shooting.
 - make pottery.
 - Brit. sit (a young child) on a potty.
 - encapsulate (an electrical component or circuit) in a liquid insulating material which sets solid.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - go to pot
 informal deteriorate through neglect.  - the pot calling the kettle black
 used to convey that the criticisms a person is aiming at someone could equally well apply to themselves. 
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE pott, prob. reinforced in ME by OFr. pot; of unknown ultimate origin.
 
  
    
pot2
  
  
  Etymology
  1930s: prob. from Mex. Sp. potiguaya ‘cannabis leaves’.
 
  
    
pot3
  
  n.
  - a potshot.
 - (chiefly in rugby) an attempt to score a goal with a kick.
 
v.
 (pots, potting, potted)
 score (a goal).
 
  Etymology
  1950s: abbrev. of potshot.