poten
Meaning
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- to set, plant, place a young plant or large seed individually in soil or other substrate where it can grow; sow
- to release young fish or - eggs to regulate the population for fishers' benefit
Frequency
Hyphenated as
po‧ten
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpoː.tə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pōten, from Old Dutch *poton, from Proto-Germanic *putōną.
New
poot
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- (masculine) limb (arm or leg) of an animal (sometimes human)
- (informal,masculine) leg or foot
- (informal,masculine) hand
- (masculine) leg of an object, e.g. furniture
- (derogatory,masculine) homosexual man, fag, poof (shortened form of ruigpoot)
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