Potter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who makes pottery.
  • v. Chiefly British Variant of putter2.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
  • n. God, the creator.
  • n. One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
  • v. To poke repeatedly.
  • v. To act in a vague or unmotivated way.
  • v. To move slowly or aimlessly. (Often potter about, potter around)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.
  • n. One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
  • n. One who pots meats or other eatables.
  • n. The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
  • verb-intransitive. To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother.
  • verb-intransitive. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
  • v. To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One whose occupation is the making of pots or earthenware vessels of any kind.
  • n. One who peddles earthenware or crockery.
  • n. One who pots meats, vegetables, etc.
  • n. A fresh-water clemmyoid turtle, Deirochelys serrata, of the United States.
  • n. The slider, or red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rugosa. See slider. [Local, U. S.]
  • n. In a larger sense, any earth used in the ceramic art, including kaolin, a so-called blue clay which is of a grayish color and when fired is white, and a black clay so called, which also results in a white biscuit.
  • To be busy in doing little, or what is of little or no practical value; busy one's self over trifles; trifle; work with little energy or purpose.
  • To hobble; walk slowly and with difficulty; move slowly; loiter.
  • To walk upon or leap from piece to piece of floating ice. Bartlett. [Local, U.S.]
  • To poke; push; disturb.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. work lightly
  • v. move around aimlessly
  • v. do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
  • n. a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
  • Verb Form
    pottered    pottering    potters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    busy    occupy    move   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    terrapin   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    saunter    poke    push    confuse    bother    putter    fiddle    trifle    fiddle-faddle    niggle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Trotter    blotter    cotter    dotter    hotter    imprimatur    mater    otter    plotter    rotter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    weaver    mason    baker    biever    Ronald    craftsman    hagerman    shoemaker    carpenter    bricklayer