potters (root: potter )

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun potters has 1 sense

potter(n = noun.person) ceramicist, ceramist, thrower - a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln;

is a kind of artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman

has particulars: josiah spode, spode, josiah wedgwood, wedgwood

Verb potters has 3 senses

potter(v = verb.contact) mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, putter, tinker - do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

is one way to work

Derived form noun potterer₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

potter(v = verb.social) putter - work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden"

is one way to busy, occupy

Derived form noun potterer₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

potter(v = verb.contact) potter around, putter, putter around - move around aimlessly;

is one way to move

Derived form noun potterer₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

CIDE DICTIONARY

potters, n. [Cf. F. potier.].

One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. Ps. ii. 9. [1913 Webster]
"The potter heard, and stopped his wheel." [1913 Webster]
One who hawks crockery or earthenware. De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
One who pots meats or other eatables. [1913 Webster]
The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin. [1913 Webster]

Potter's asthma (Med.), emphysema of the lungs; -- so called because very prevalent among potters. Parkers. -- Potter's clay. See under Clay. -- Potter's field, a public burial place, especially in a city, for paupers, unknown persons, and criminals; -- so named from the field south of Jerusalem, mentioned in Matt. xxvii. 7. -- Potter's ore. See Alquifou. -- Potter's wheel, a horizontal revolving disk on which the clay is molded into form with the hands or tools. “My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel.” Shak. -- Potter wasp (Zoöl.), a small solitary wasp (Eumenes fraternal) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larvæ, such as cankerworms, as food for its young.

potters, v. i. [Cf. W. pwtio to poke, or OD. poteren to search one thoroughly, Sw. påta, peta, to pick, E. pother, put.].

To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother. [1913 Webster]
"Pottering about the Mile End cottages." [1913 Webster]
To walk lazily or idly; to saunter. [1913 Webster]

potters, v. t.

To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

potters, v. (US putter)
1 intr. a (often foll. by about, around) work or occupy oneself in a desultory but pleasant manner (likes pottering about in the garden). b (often foll. by at, in) dabble in a subject or occupation.
2 intr. go slowly, dawdle, loiter (pottered up to the pub).
3 tr. (foll. by away) fritter away (one's time etc.).

Derivative

potterer n.

potters, n. a maker of ceramic vessels.

Idiom

potter's field a burial place for paupers, strangers, etc. (after Matt. 27:7). potter's wheel a horizontal revolving disc to carry clay for making pots.

Etymology

OE pottere (as POT(1))

THESAURUS

potters

beguile the time, burn daylight, ceramicist, ceramist, consume time, coquet, dabble, dally, dally away, diddle, diddle away, doodle, dribble away, drivel away, enamelist, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool, fool around, fool away, fool with, footle, fribble, fritter away, fritter away time, frivol, glass cutter, glassblower, glazer, horse around, idle, idle away, jerk off, kid around, kill time, loiter, lose time, meddle with, mess, mess around, monkey, monkey around, muddle away, pass the time, piddle, piss away, play, play around, play with, potter away, puddle, putter, pyroglazer, smatter, tinker, toy, toy with, trifle, trifle away, trifle with, twiddle, waste time, while away

ROGET THESAURUS

potters

Inactivity

VB be inactive, do nothing, move slowly, let the grass grow under one's feet, take one's time, dawdle, drawl, droil, lag, hang back, slouch, loll, lollop, lounge, poke, loaf, loiter, go to sleep over, sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile, take it easy, take things as they come, lead an easy life, vegetate, swim with the stream, eat the bread of idleness, loll in the lap of luxury, loll in the lap of indolence, waste time, consume time, kill time, lose time, burn daylight, waste the precious hours, idle away time, trifle away time, fritter away time, fool away time, spend time in, take time in, peddle, piddle, potter, pudder, dabble, faddle fribble, fiddle-faddle, dally, dilly-dally, sleep, slumber, be asleep, hibernate, oversleep, sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse, sleep soundly, heavily, doze, drowze, snooze, nap, take a nap, dream, snore one's best, settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep, doze off, drop off, fall asleep, drop asleep, close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids, weigh down the eyelids, get sleep, nod, yawn, go to bed, turn, get some z's, stack z's, languish, expend itself, flag, hang fire, relax, render idle, sluggardize, mitigate.

Table of Contents -- field POS
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field

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POS

Noun, Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun field has 17 senses

field(n = noun.location) - a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"

is a kind of parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract

field(n = noun.location) battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor - a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"

has particulars: armageddon, camlan

has parts: battlefront, front, front line, sector

is a kind of parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract

field(n = noun.location) - somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected; "anthropologists do much of their work in the field"

region

field(n = noun.cognition) bailiwick, discipline, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

has particulars: occultism, communication theory, communications, major, frontier, genealogy, allometry, bibliotics, ology, science, scientific discipline, architecture, applied science, engineering, engineering science, technology, futuristics, futurology, arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, divinity, theology, military science, escapology, graphology, numerology, protology, theogony

is a kind of domain, knowledge base, knowledge domain

field(n = noun.phenomenon) field of force, force field - the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it;

is a kind of physical phenomenon

has particulars: electric field, gravitational field, flux, magnetic field, magnetic flux, radiation field

field(n = noun.act) field of operation, line of business - a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"

is a kind of business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise

field(n = noun.state) area, arena, domain, orbit, sphere - a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

is a kind of environment

has particulars: distaff, front, kingdom, land, realm, lap, political arena, political sphere, preserve, province, responsibility

field(n = noun.location) athletic field, playing area, playing field - a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"

has particulars: arena, scene of action, ball field, baseball field, diamond, court, football field, gridiron, palaestra, palestra, bowling green

is a part of arena, bowl, sports stadium, stadium

has parts: midfield

is a kind of parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract

Derived forms verb field₂, verb field₁

field(n = noun.object) champaign, plain - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"

has particulars: flat, flood plain, floodplain, llano, moor, moorland, peneplain, peneplane, snowfield, steppe, tundra

is a kind of dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma

field(n = noun.group) - (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1; "the set of all rational numbers is a field"

has particulars: scalar field

field(n = noun.location) field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations - a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"

is a part of theater of war, theatre of war

is a kind of region

has parts: combat area, combat zone

field(n = noun.group) - all of the horses in a particular horse race;

field(n = noun.group) - all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event;

field(n = noun.location) - a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa"

has particulars: coalfield, gasfield, oilfield

field(n = noun.group) - (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information;

has particulars: bit field

field(n = noun.cognition) field of view - the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument);

is a kind of visual image, visual percept

has particulars: microscopic field, operative field

field(n = noun.artifact) airfield, flying field, landing field - a place where planes take off and land;

has particulars: aerodrome, airdrome, airport, drome, airstrip, flight strip, landing strip, strip, auxiliary airfield

has parts: apron, runway, taxi strip, taxiway, flight line

is a kind of facility, installation

is a part of transit, transportation, transportation system

Verb field has 4 senses

field(v = verb.competition) - catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket;

is one way to

handle

palm

Derived forms noun field₈, noun fielder₂, noun fielding₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

field(v = verb.competition) - play as a fielder;

is one way to

play

Derived forms noun field₈, noun fielder₂, noun fielder₁, noun fielding₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

field(v = verb.communication) - answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"

is one way to

answer

respond

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

field(v = verb.cognition) - select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

CIDE DICTIONARY

field, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. fält, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.].

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country. [1913 Webster]
A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture. [1913 Webster]
"Fields which promise corn and wine." [1913 Webster]
A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself. [1913 Webster]
"In this glorious and well-foughten field." [1913 Webster]

"What though the field be lost?" [1913 Webster]
An open space; an extent; an expanse. [1913 Webster]
"Without covering, save yon field of stars." [1913 Webster]

"Ask of yonder argent fields above." [1913 Webster]
The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver). [1913 Webster]
An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room. [1913 Webster]
"Afforded a clear field for moral experiments." [1913 Webster]
A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting. [1913 Webster]
That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield. [1913 Webster]
" Field is often used adjectively in the sense of belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with reference to the operations and equipments of an army during a campaign away from permanent camps and fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes investigations or collections out of doors. A survey uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e., measurment, observations, etc., made in field work (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick. Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc." [1913 Webster]

Coal field (Geol.) See under Coal. -- Field artillery, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army. -- Field basil (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family (Calamintha Acinos); -- called also basil thyme. -- Field colors (Mil.), small flags for marking out the positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors. -- Field cricket (Zoöl.), a large European cricket (Gryllus campestric), remarkable for its loud notes. -- Field day. (a) A day in the fields. (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for instruction in evolutions. Farrow. (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day. -- Field driver, in New England, an officer charged with the driving of stray cattle to the pound. -- Field duck (Zoöl.), the little bustard (Otis tetrax), found in Southern Europe. -- Field glass. (Optics) (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a race glass. (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches long, and having 3 to 6 draws. (c) See Field lens. -- Field lark. (Zoöl.) (a) The skylark. (b) The tree pipit. -- Field lens (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called also field glass. -- Field madder (Bot.), a plant (Sherardia arvensis) used in dyeing. -- Field marshal (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred in the British and other European armies. -- Field officer (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain and below that of general. -- Field officer's court (U.S.Army), a court-martial consisting of one field officer empowered to try all cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison and regimental courts. Farrow. -- Field plover (Zoöl.), the black-bellied plover (Charadrius squatarola); also sometimes applied to the Bartramian sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda). -- Field spaniel (Zoöl.), a small spaniel used in hunting small game. -- Field sparrow. (Zoöl.) (a) A small American sparrow (Spizella pusilla). (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.] -- Field staff (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to hold a lighted match for discharging a gun. -- Field vole (Zoöl.), the European meadow mouse. -- Field of ice, a large body of floating ice; a pack. -- Field, or Field of view, in a telescope or microscope, the entire space within which objects are seen. -- Field magnet. see under Magnet. -- Magnetic field. See Magnetic. -- To back the field, or To bet on the field. See under Back, v. t. -- To keep the field. (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign. (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers. -- To lay against the field or To back against the field, to bet on (a horse, etc.) against all comers. -- To take the field (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.

field, v. i.

To take the field. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball. [1913 Webster]

field, v. t.

To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

field, n. & v.
--n.
1 an area of open land, esp. one used for pasture or crops, often bounded by hedges, fences, etc.
2 an area rich in some natural product (gas field; diamond field).
3 a piece of land for a specified purpose, esp. an area marked out for games (football field).
4 a the participants in a contest or sport. b all the competitors in a race or all except those specified.
5 Cricket a the side fielding. b a fielder.
6 an expanse of ice, snow, sea, sky, etc.
7 a the ground on which a battle is fought; a battlefield (left his rival in possession of the field). b the scene of a campaign. c (attrib.) (of artillery etc.) light and mobile for use on campaign. d a battle.
8 an area of operation or activity; a subject of study (each supreme in his own field).
9 a the region in which a force is effective (gravitational field; magnetic field). b the force exerted in such an area.
10 a range of perception (field of view; wide field of vision; filled the field of the telescope).
11 Math. a system subject to two operations analogous to those for the multiplication and addition of real numbers.
12 (attrib.) a (of an animal or plant) found in the countryside, wild (field mouse). b carried out or working in the natural environment, not in a laboratory etc. (field test).
13 a the background of a picture, coin, flag, etc. b Heraldry the surface of an escutcheon or of one of its divisions.
14 Computing a part of a record, representing an item of data.
--v.
1 Cricket, Baseball , etc. a intr. act as a fieldsman. b tr. stop (and return) (the ball).
2 tr. select (a team or individual) to play in a game.
3 tr. deal with (a succession of questions etc.).

Idiom

field-book a book used in the field by a surveyor for technical notes. field-cornet S.Afr. hist. a minor magistrate. field-day
1 wide scope for action or success; a time occupied with exciting events (when crowds form, pickpockets have a field-day).
2 Mil. an exercise, esp. in manoeuvring; a review.
3 a day spent in exploration, scientific investigation, etc., in the natural environment. field events athletic sports other than races (e.g. shot-putting, jumping, discus-throwing). field-glasses binoculars for outdoor use. field goal US Football & Basketball a goal scored when the ball is in normal play. field hockey US = HOCKEY(1). field hospital a temporary hospital near a battlefield. Field Marshal Brit. an army officer of the highest rank. field mouse a small rodent, Apodemus sylvaticus, with beady eyes, prominent ears, and a long tail. field mushroom the edible fungus Agaricus campestris. field mustard charlock. field officer an army officer of field rank. field of honour the place where a duel or battle is fought. field rank any rank in the army above captain and below general. field sports outdoor sports, esp. hunting, shooting, and fishing. field telegraph a movable telegraph for use on campaign. hold the field not be superseded.
in the field
1 campaigning.
2 working etc. away from one's laboratory, headquarters, etc. keep the field continue a campaign. play the field colloq. avoid exclusive attachment to one person or activity etc. take the field 1 begin a campaign.
2 (of a sports team) go on to a pitch to begin a game.

Etymology

OE feld f. WG

THESAURUS

field

DMZ, academic discipline, academic specialty, aceldama, achievement, acreage, aerodrome, agora, air base, airdrome, airfield, airport, alerion, ambit, amphitheater, ample scope, animal charge, annulet, answer, applicants, applied science, arable, archery ground, area, arena, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, art, athletic field, auditorium, azure, back, backdrop, background, badminton court, bag, bailiwick, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baseball field, basketball court, baton, battle line, battle site, battlefield, battleground, bear garden, bearings, beat, bend, bend sinister, billet, billiard parlor, blank check, blazon, blazonry, block, border, borderland, bordure, bounds, bowl, bowling alley, bowling green, boxing ring, breadth, broad arrow, bull ring, cadency mark, campus, candidates, canton, canvas, carte blanche, catch, champaign, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, cincture, circle, circuit, circus, classical education, clearance, clearing, clos, close, coat of arms, cockatrice, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, combat area, combat zone, common, compass, competition, competitor, competitors, concern, confine, confines, container, contender, contestant, continuum, coop, cope with, core curriculum, corn field, coronet, corrival, course, course of study, court, courtyard, crescent, crest, cricket ground, croft, croquet ground, croquet lawn, cross, cross moline, crown, cultivated land, cup of tea, curriculum, curtilage, deal with, delimited field, demesne, department, department of knowledge, device, diamond, difference, differencing, dimension, discipline, distance, division, domain, dominion, eagle, elbowroom, elective, emptiness, empty space, emulator, enclave, enclosure, enemy line, entrant, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, expanse, expansion, expertise, extension, extent, fairway, falcon, fess, fess point, field of battle, field of blood, field of inquiry, field of study, file, firing line, flanch, fleur-de-lis, floor, fold, football field, forte, forty, forum, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, fret, front line, full scope, full swing, fur, fusil, galactic space, garland, general education, general studies, glaciarium, golf course, golf links, grassland, green, greensward, gridiron, griffin, ground, gules, gym, gymnasium, gyron, hall, handle, hatchment, hayfield, heliport, helmet, hemisphere, heraldic device, hinterland, humanities, ice rink, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, infield, infinite space, interest, interstellar space, island, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, killing ground, kraal, label, land, landing, landing beach, landing field, latitude, lawn, lea, leeway, liberal arts, limits, line, line of battle, links, lion, list, lists, locale, long rope, long suit, lot, lozenge, main interest, major, maneuvering space, manipulate, manner, mantling, march, margin, marketplace, marshaling, martlet, mascle, mat, mead, meadow, measure, metal, metier, milieu, minor, mise-en-scene, motto, mullet, natural science, no holds barred, nombril point, nothingness, octofoil, ology, open forum, open space, or, orb, orbit, ordinary, orle, outer space, outfield, oval, paddy, palaestra, pale, paling, paly, parade ground, parcel of land, park, pasture, patch, pean, pen, pet subject, pheon, pick up, piece of land, pit, place, plat, platform, play, player, playground, playing field, playroom, plot, plot of ground, polo ground, pool hall, poolroom, port, possibilities, precinct, prize ring, proportion, proseminar, province, public square, pure science, purlieu, purpure, pursuit, purview, putting green, quad, quadrangle, quadrivium, quarter, quartering, racecourse, racket court, range, reach, real estate, realm, rear, refresher course, region, reply to, respond to, retrieve, return, rice paddy, ring, rink, rival, room, rope, rose, round, sable, saltire, scene, scene of action, scenery, science, scientific education, scope, scutcheon, sea room, seat of war, section, seminar, setting, shambles, shield, site, skating rink, soccer field, social science, space, spatial extension, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, sphere, spread, spread eagle, square, squared circle, squash court, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, stop, strength, stretch, strong point, study, style, subdiscipline, subject, subordinary, superficial extension, surface, sward, sweep, swing, technical education, technicality, technicology, technics, technology, tenne, tennis court, terrain, territory, the field, the front, theater, theater of operations, theater of war, thing, tilting ground, tiltyard, tincture, toft, tolerance, torse, track, tract, tressure, trivium, turf, type, unicorn, vair, vert, vier, vocation, void, walk, way, weakness, wheat field, wide berth, wreath, wrestling ring, yale, yard, zone of communications