pot out
C1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To take small plants and put each one in its own pot or in the ground.
Literal meaning: 'Pot' refers to individual pots; 'out' indicates movement out of a communal container — the literal sense is quite transparent.
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To divide seedlings or cuttings and plant each one separately into its own pot or into open garden soil.
"Once the cuttings have rooted, pot them out into individual small pots."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
A specialised gardening term, not widely used in everyday conversation. Less common than 'plant out'. ESL learners interested in gardening vocabulary may encounter it in British gardening media.
Commonly used with
seedlings cuttings propagation individual pots spring
Forms
Base
pot out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
pots out
he/she/it
Past simple
poted out
yesterday
Past participle
poted out
have + pp
-ing form
poting out
continuous
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