Potter

n.

[Cf. F. potier.]

1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. Ps. ii. 9.

The potter heard, and stopped his wheel.

Longfellow.

2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincey.

3. One who pots meats or other eatables.

4. (Zoöl.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.

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.

Pot·ter
v. i.

[imp. & p. p. Pottered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pottering.]
[Cf. W. pwtio to poke, or OD. poteren to search one thoroughly, Sw. påta, peta, to pick, E. pother, put.]

1. To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother.

Pottering about the Mile End cottages.

Mrs. Humphry Ward.

2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.

Pot·ter
v. t.

To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

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(b Belfast, 22 Sept 1918; d Greystones, 5 July 1980). Irish composer. A pupil of Vaughan Williams at the RCM (1936-8), he taught at the Royal Irish Academy of Music from 1955 and was a journalist and broadcaster. His large output includes orchestral and choral works, ballets and folksong arrangements in a broadly Romantic style, his Sinfonia de profundis (1968) for orchestra achieving popularity.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
  Synonyms: thrower, ceramicist, ceramist

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The verb potter has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
  Synonyms: putter, mess around, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around

Meaning #2: work lightly
  Synonym: putter

Meaning #3: move around aimlessly
  Synonyms: putter, potter around, putter around

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - småsysle, pusle, nusse
n. - småsyslen

idioms:

• potter about    sysle med
• potter around    sysle med

2.
n. - pottemager

idioms:

• potter's field    fattigkirkegård
• potter's wheel    pottemagerskive, drejeskive

Nederlands (Dutch)
pottenbakker, aanrommelen

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - traîner, bricoler
n. - oisiveté, moment de loisir

idioms:

• potter about    bricoler, traîner, suivre son petit train-train
• potter around    bricoler, traîner, suivre son petit train-train

2.
n. - potier

idioms:

• potter's field    (US) cimetière des pauvres
• potter's wheel    tour de potier

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - herumwerkeln, trödeln
n. - Hantieren, Herumspielerei

idioms:

• potter about    herumwerkeln
• potter around    herumwerkeln

2.
n. - Töpfer

idioms:

• potter's field    Grabstätte für arme Leute, Fremde
• potter's wheel    Töpferscheibe

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - χασομερώ, ψευτοδουλεύω
n. - αγγειοπλάστης, κεραμοποιός, τσουκαλάς

idioms:

• potter about    κάνω διάφορες μικροδουλειές, ψευτοδουλεύω
• potter around    κάνω διάφορες μικροδουλειές, ψευτοδουλεύω
• potter's field    νεκροταφείο απόρων
• potter's wheel    τροχός/τόρνος αγγειοπλαστικής

Italiano (Italian)
lavoricchiare, vasaio

idioms:

• potter around/about    gironzolare
• potter's field    cimitero dei poveri
• potter's wheel    tornio da vasaio

Português (Portuguese)
v. - trabalhar displicentemente
n. - oleiro (m)

idioms:

• potter around/about    zanzar
• potter's field    vala comum
• potter's wheel    roda de oleiro

Русский (Russian)
гончар, копаться, ковыряться

idioms:

• potter around/about    слоняться
• potter's field    кладбище для бедных
• potter's wheel    гончарный круг

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - no hacer nada de particular
n. - tarea ociosa e ínfima pero placentera

idioms:

• potter about    ocuparse de trabajos de poca importancia
• potter around    ocuparse de trabajos de poca importancia

2.
n. - alfarero, ceramista

idioms:

• potter's field    hoyanca, fosa común
• potter's wheel    rueda o torno de alfarero

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - pyssla, gå o skrota, påta, syssla m ngt, pladdra
n. - krukmakare, keramiker

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
陶工, 陶艺家, 陶器匠

idioms:

• potter about    鬼混, 慢条斯理地干活
• potter around    鬼混, 慢条斯理地干活
• potter's field    埋葬穷人或外乡人的义家地
• potter's wheel    陶轮, 拉坯轮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 陶工, 陶藝家, 陶器匠

idioms:

• potter about    鬼混, 慢條斯理地幹活
• potter around    鬼混, 慢條斯理地幹活
• potter's field    埋葬窮人或外鄉人的義家地
• potter's wheel    陶輪, 拉坯輪

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 꾸무럭거리며 일하다
n. - 빈둥거림

idioms:

• potter about    빈둥거리다
• potter around    빈둥거리며 돌아다니다

2.
n. - 도예가

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 陶工

idioms:

• potter around/about    ぶらつく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصنع الخزف أو الفخار (الاسم) فخاري, خزاف, حقل الفخاري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התמזמז, התבטל, בזבז זמן, ביטל זמן להנאתו‬
n. - ‮התבטלות להנאה, בזבוז זמן עצלני‬
n. - ‮קדר‬

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