POTTING Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

potting

verb

present participle of pot

as in seeding

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Recent Examples of potting For dry soil, water plants immediately after potting or soak the whole pot in water for 30 minutes. — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026

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Drugs that would otherwise have moved on stayed in Fiji, seeding this domestic market which didn't really exist before.

— David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
Fever fans were also watching the Lynx matchup for playoff seeding purposes.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of seeding

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Ronald Watts, accused of planting evidence to frame hundreds of men.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have sent fertilizer costs soaring, just as farmers pay higher interest rates on the loans needed to get from planting to harvest season.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of planting

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Researchers investigating the site believed by some to be Noah's Ark have just wrapped up their first full field season — drilling more than 60 feet beneath the site and collecting hundreds of samples now undergoing laboratory analysis.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
To determine the duration of the Chicxulub hydrothermal system, Pickersgill recovered samples at the site, drilling 1 km down.

— Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of drilling

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To prevent the pipe from getting blocked in the future, Shafer said, the district is putting in a flap gate in October to stop water from backing up.

— Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Otherwise, though, Moore, who like a year ago has been quick out of the blocks with early season goals against Cardiff City and Millwall, was well shackled despite putting in an energetic shift.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of putting in

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Remember to harden off the seedlings for a week or two before transplanting to avoid transplant shock.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2026
There has been some recent success transplanting pig kidneys and hearts into people, but this is believed to be the first attempt to transplant a pig lung into a human.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025

Definition of transplanting

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To grow these versatile microgreens, soak their seeds for at least eight hours before sowing in full to partial sun and well-draining soil.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 24 Sep. 2026
Each bag has a ripple effect — helping a child focus at school, giving a parent breathing room to rebuild and often sowing inspiration for recipients to pay kindness forward.

— Christine Franz, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of sowing

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