--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 47 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/47/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 47 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Something that might happen or might be true.[↗](../../possibility/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The chance that something can happen: «There is a possibility of rain.».[↗](../../possibility/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A choice or option you could take.[↗](../../possibility/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* possibilities (plural) The good things that something could become: «The old shed has possibilities.».[↗](../../possibility/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There is a possibility of snow tomorrow.[↗](../../possibility/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We listed every possibility when we rolled two dice.[↗](../../possibility/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there any possibility we can stay up late?[↗](../../possibility/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective did not rule out the possibility of a second thief.[↗](../../possibility/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Moving to Canada is a real possibility for our family.[↗](../../possibility/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A blank page is full of possibilities.[↗](../../possibility/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tossing a coin has two possibilities: heads or tails.[↗](../../possibility/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Always think about the possibility of a slippery floor.[↗](../../possibility/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **possible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Possible means it can happen or can be done.[↗](../../possible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «As soon as possible» means as soon as you can.[↗](../../possible/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «The best possible» means the best there can be.[↗](../../possible/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How many different pairs are possible?[↗](../../possible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Make the largest possible number with 3, 5 and 1.[↗](../../possible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it possible to share 7 sweets equally between 2?[↗](../../possible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pack as many boxes as possible.[↗](../../possible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it possible to visit the Moon?[↗](../../possible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Please reply as soon as possible.[↗](../../possible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · With practice, anything is possible.[↗](../../possible/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It is possible that it will snow tonight.[↗](../../possible/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Is it possible to catch them?"[↗](../../possible/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Drawing the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet around the edge of a circle, it takes 231 lines, here called שְׁעָרִים sheʽarim ‘gates’, to connect every possible combination of 2 letters.[↗](../../possible/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../possible/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · By the science of the Sepher Jezirah the human spirit is fixed to truth, and in reason, and is able to take account of the possible development of intelligence by the evolutions of numbers.[↗](../../possible/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../possible/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · It’s possible that these four are meant to signify the four stomachs of ruminants, the functions of which were not wholly understood in the past and may have been believed to be present in humans.[↗](../../possible/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../possible/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **possibly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Perhaps; maybe — used when something could be true or could happen but you are not sure.[↗](../../possibly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (with can/could) In any way possible: «I'll come as soon as I possibly can».[↗](../../possibly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (in polite requests) «Could you possibly help me?».[↗](../../possibly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (with can't) Used to say something is impossible: «I can't possibly eat all that».[↗](../../possibly/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It will possibly rain later.[↗](../../possibly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Could you possibly open the window?[↗](../../possibly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That was possibly the best cake I've ever eaten.[↗](../../possibly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I can't possibly finish all this homework tonight\![↗](../../possibly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Will you come?" "[↗](../../possibly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") Possibly."[↗](../../possibly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We'll get there as fast as we possibly can.[↗](../../possibly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · What more can you possibly want?"[↗](../../possibly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **possum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A possum is an Australian and New Zealand marsupial (an animal with a pouch) that lives in trees and comes out at night.[↗](../../possum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) Possum is the short name for opossum, an American animal with a pouch.[↗](../../possum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) «Play possum» means to pretend to be asleep or dead.[↗](../../possum/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A possum climbed onto our roof at night.[↗](../../possum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Possums carry babies in a pouch.[↗](../../possum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In New Zealand, possums eat birds' eggs and trees.[↗](../../possum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The opossum, or possum, lives in America.[↗](../../possum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother played possum so he wouldn't have to get up.[↗](../../possum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard possums in the gum tree.[↗](../../possum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) «G'day, possum» is a friendly name for someone you like.[↗](../../possum/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The possum's eyes shone in the torch light.[↗](../../possum/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **post** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A post is a strong pole stuck in the ground, for example to hold a fence or mark a goal.[↗](../../post/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The post (UK, Australia) is the mail: letters and parcels sent and delivered.[↗](../../post/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To post a letter is to send it by mail.[↗](../../post/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To post something online is to put it on a website.[↗](../../post/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A post is a job or a place where someone stands on duty.[↗](../../post/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A fence has 10 posts 2 m apart.[↗](../../post/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Posts stand every 3 m along a 30 m path.[↗](../../post/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She posted 4 letters and 2 parcels.[↗](../../post/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many posts are needed for a 20 m fence?[↗](../../post/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball hit the post and bounced out.[↗](../../post/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Has the post come yet?[↗](../../post/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We posted Grandma a birthday card.[↗](../../post/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never post your address online.[↗](../../post/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They had made up their minds to die at their post.[↗](../../post/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.[↗](../../post/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.6.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../post/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates; (Torah DEU.11.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../post/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.[↗](../../post/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../post/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, within a frame four-square; (Prophets 1KI.6.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../post/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.[↗](../../post/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.22.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../post/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · He made also posts of threescore cubits; even unto the posts of the court in the gates round about.[↗](../../post/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.40.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../post/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **postage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Postage is the money you pay to send a letter or parcel by post.[↗](../../postage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Postage is the stamps or marks on a letter showing it has been paid for.[↗](../../postage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How much is the postage for this parcel?[↗](../../postage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The book costs £8 plus £2 postage.[↗](../../postage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Postage is free on orders over $20.[↗](../../postage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The postage stamp had a picture of a bird.[↗](../../postage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Heavier parcels need more postage.[↗](../../postage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The total, including postage, came to €15.[↗](../../postage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **postal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with the post (mail): sending and delivering letters and parcels.[↗](../../postal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write your full postal address on the envelope.[↗](../../postal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The postal worker delivers letters every morning.[↗](../../postal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What is your postal code?[↗](../../postal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The postal service was slow because of the snow.[↗](../../postal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Canada, a postal code has letters and numbers.[↗](../../postal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma sent the present by postal mail.[↗](../../postal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **postbox** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) A public box, often red in the UK, where you put letters to be collected and posted.[↗](../../postbox/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A private box at your house or a post office where your own mail is delivered (more often «letterbox» or «mailbox»).[↗](../../postbox/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I put my birthday card to Grandma in the postbox.[↗](../../postbox/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The red postbox is at the end of our street.[↗](../../postbox/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Ireland, postboxes are painted green.[↗](../../postbox/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The collection time on the postbox says half past five.[↗](../../postbox/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We posted our letter to Santa in the postbox.[↗](../../postbox/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there a postbox near the school?[↗](../../postbox/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **postcard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A postcard is a card, often with a picture on one side, that you write a short message on and send by post without an envelope.[↗](../../postcard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A postcard can be any small picture card.[↗](../../postcard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We sent Nan a postcard from the beach.[↗](../../postcard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The postcard had a picture of a koala.[↗](../../postcard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Write a postcard telling a friend about your holiday.[↗](../../postcard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Postcards cost 80 cents each.[↗](../../postcard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I keep my postcards on the fridge.[↗](../../postcard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wish you were here\![↗](../../postcard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Love, Sam (on a postcard)[↗](../../postcard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **postcode** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A postcode is a group of letters and numbers added to the end of an address to help the post get delivered to the right place quickly.[↗](../../postcode/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A postcode also names the small area that shares it.[↗](../../postcode/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't forget the postcode on the envelope.[↗](../../postcode/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · What's your postcode?[↗](../../postcode/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sat nav can find a house from its postcode.[↗](../../postcode/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In America they call it a ZIP code.[↗](../../postcode/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn your address and postcode in case you get lost.[↗](../../postcode/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never put your postcode on a public website.[↗](../../postcode/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school and my house have the same postcode.[↗](../../postcode/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The letter got lost because the postcode was wrong.[↗](../../postcode/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **postdate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To write a date on a cheque or document that is later than the day you write it, so it only counts from that later day.[↗](../../postdate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To happen or exist after something else: «These houses postdate the castle.».[↗](../../postdate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad postdated the cheque to the first of next month.[↗](../../postdate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bank will not pay a postdated cheque before its date.[↗](../../postdate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The town's library postdates the church by two hundred years.[↗](../../postdate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · These cave paintings postdate the oldest ones found in Spain.[↗](../../postdate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If something postdates another thing, it came later.[↗](../../postdate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The coins in the hoard postdate the Roman invasion.[↗](../../postdate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **poster** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A poster is a big printed picture or notice you hang on a wall.[↗](../../poster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A poster is also a person who posts messages online.[↗](../../poster/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has 6 posters on her wall.[↗](../../poster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each poster costs 3 dollars.[↗](../../poster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He made 12 posters.[↗](../../poster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many posters can she buy with 15 dollars?[↗](../../poster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a poster about recycling.[↗](../../poster/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a poster of the solar system in the classroom.[↗](../../poster/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They put up posters about the missing cat.[↗](../../poster/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The sheriff nailed a «wanted» poster to the door.[↗](../../poster/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The poster needs a big, clear title.[↗](../../poster/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **posterior** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, science) Posterior means at the back or behind; it is the opposite of anterior (at the front).[↗](../../posterior/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Posterior can also mean later in time.[↗](../../posterior/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (humorous) Someone's posterior is their bottom.[↗](../../posterior/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The posterior legs of a frog are longer than the front legs.[↗](../../posterior/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor checked the posterior part of the knee.[↗](../../posterior/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A fish's tail is at its posterior end.[↗](../../posterior/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (humorous) He slipped on the ice and landed on his posterior.[↗](../../posterior/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (humorous) "Get your posterior off the sofa and help!" said Gran.[↗](../../posterior/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ear's posterior side is the side facing the back of your head.[↗](../../posterior/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In science we label anterior (front) and posterior (back) on the diagram.[↗](../../posterior/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Moses auditoribus in secundo divinse veritatis loco, hoc est in ratione quoe est posterior authoritate, habitus."[↗](../../posterior/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") Parisiis, 1552.[↗](../../posterior/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../posterior/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Moses auditoribus in secundo divinæ veritatis loco, hoc est in ratione quœ est posterior authoritate, habitus."[↗](../../posterior/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") Parisiis, 1552.[↗](../../posterior/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../posterior/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **posterity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* All the people who will live in the future, long after us; the children and grandchildren still to come.[↗](../../posterity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king said the tale must not be lost to posterity.[↗](../../posterity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · What is good will shine brightly through posterity.[↗](../../posterity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We write things down so that posterity can read them.[↗](../../posterity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out.[↗](../../posterity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.109.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../posterity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **postern** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small back gate or door in a castle wall, used to slip in or out unseen.[↗](../../postern/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* All the doors and posterns were locked.[↗](../../postern/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He crept out through a postern as the clock struck nine.[↗](../../postern/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The guards did not see the postern.[↗](../../postern/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **postilion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A servant who rode on one of the horses pulling a coach, guiding the team.[↗](../../postilion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The postilion blew his horn as the coach rolled on.[↗](../../postilion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your father was the postilion, said Ajola.[↗](../../postilion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The robbers killed the coachman and the postilions.[↗](../../postilion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **postman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A postman is a man whose job is to collect and deliver letters and parcels.[↗](../../postman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A woman who does this job is a postwoman; «mail carrier» or «postal worker» works for anyone.[↗](../../postman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The postman brought a parcel for me\![↗](../../postman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our postman comes at about ten o'clock.[↗](../../postman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog always barks at the postman.[↗](../../postman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the USA the mail carrier puts letters in the mailbox.[↗](../../postman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Give the postman a smile and say thank you.[↗](../../postman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The postman rang the bell because the package was too big for the letterbox.[↗](../../postman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the postman gave me a letter; it was from you.[↗](../../postman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **postpone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To move an event to a later time instead of doing it now.[↗](../../postpone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The match was postponed because of rain.[↗](../../postpone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To delay doing something.[↗](../../postpone/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The football match was postponed because of the storm.[↗](../../postpone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our test has been postponed until next week.[↗](../../postpone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can we postpone the party?[↗](../../postpone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") Half the class is sick.[↗](../../postpone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The trip was postponed by 2 days.[↗](../../postpone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They postponed the launch because of high winds.[↗](../../postpone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't postpone your homework until the last minute.[↗](../../postpone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The concert is postponed, not cancelled.[↗](../../postpone/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The sports day was postponed twice.[↗](../../postpone/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · His master was never one for postponing a duty.[↗](../../postpone/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **postponement** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A postponement is when an event is moved to a later time instead of happening when planned.[↗](../../postponement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The match had a postponement because of snow.[↗](../../postponement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We were sad about the postponement of sports day.[↗](../../postponement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The postponement was only for one week.[↗](../../postponement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain caused another postponement.[↗](../../postponement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school announced a postponement of the trip.[↗](../../postponement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The postponement of the concert gave us more time to practise.[↗](../../postponement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **postulate** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An idea or statement that is taken as true as the starting point for an argument.[↗](../../postulate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **posture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Posture is the way you hold your body when you stand, sit or walk.[↗](../../posture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Posture can also mean the attitude someone shows towards something.[↗](../../posture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sit up straight — good posture protects your back.[↗](../../posture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His tired posture showed he had had a long day.[↗](../../posture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Carrying a heavy bag on one shoulder is bad for your posture.[↗](../../posture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dancers work hard on their posture.[↗](../../posture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Check your posture when you use a laptop.[↗](../../posture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat's posture changed when it saw the dog.[↗](../../posture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Arden was long in this posture when he died; but though he was dead Naois would not let him go.[↗](../../posture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pot is a deep round container for cooking, like a saucepan.[↗](../../pot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pot is a container for growing plants (a flowerpot).[↗](../../pot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pot can be a container for drinks or food: a teapot, a pot of jam.[↗](../../pot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To pot a plant is to put it in a pot.[↗](../../pot/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «Pots of money» means a lot of money.[↗](../../pot/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each pot has 3 flowers.[↗](../../pot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has 8 pots.[↗](../../pot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pot holds 4 liters of soup.[↗](../../pot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many pots are needed for 15 plants?[↗](../../pot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma made a big pot of stew.[↗](../../pot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We potted the seedlings in small pots.[↗](../../pot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.[↗](../../pot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the pot handle away from the edge of the stove.[↗](../../pot/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum made a pot of tea.[↗](../../pot/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The cooking pot was wonderful, too.[↗](../../pot/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the fire-pans; all the vessels thereof made he of brass.[↗](../../pot/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pot/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pans; all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.[↗](../../pot/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pot/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.[↗](../../pot/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pot/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Hiram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins.[↗](../../pot/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pot/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins.[↗](../../pot/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.4.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pot/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.[↗](../../pot/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pot/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … 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