potter around
potter around · potters around · pottered around · pottering around
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To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless mannerTo potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.
Meaning
1 senses(UK)To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.
I like to relax pottering around the house doing this and that at the weekends.
More definitions
- move around aimlessly
Examples
1 sentences"What did you get up to last weekend?" "Not much, I just had a potter around in the garden."
Forms
potters around, pottering around, pottered around, pottered around| Base form | potter around · to potter around |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | potters around |
| Present participle | pottering around |
| Past simple | pottered around |
| Past participle | pottered around |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- move around aimlessly:putterpotterputter around
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedpotter
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.