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cotton
1[ kot-n ]
noun
- a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- the plant itself, having spreading branches and broad, lobed leaves.
- such plants collectively as a cultivated crop.
- cloth, thread, a garment, etc., of cotton.
- any soft, downy substance resembling cotton, but growing on other plants.
verb (used without object)
- Informal. to get along; to agree (usually in the negative and followed by with ):
She didn't cotton with hypocrites.
I don't cotton with conventional wisdom on this.
- Obsolete. to prosper or succeed.
verb phrase
- Informal.
- to come to a full understanding of; grasp or realize:
Once you cotton on to this principle, you see examples of it everywhere.
Eventually both sets of parents cottoned on to the fact that the kids were lying about “studying” together.
- to become fond of; begin to like:
I cottoned to the new girl right away when I saw she knew how to muck out a stall.
- to approve of; agree with:
Some organic gardeners freeze the insects in a container and then put them out for the birds, but your kids may not cotton to this idea.
Cotton
2[ kot-n ]
noun
- John, 1584–1652, U.S. clergyman, colonist, and author (grandfather of Cotton Mather).
cotton
1/ ˈɒə /
noun
- any of various herbaceous plants and shrubs of the malvaceous genus Gossypium, such as sea-island cotton, cultivated in warm climates for the fibre surrounding the seeds and the oil within the seeds See also sea-island cotton
- the soft white downy fibre of these plants: used to manufacture textiles
- cotton plants collectively, as a cultivated crop
- a cloth or thread made from cotton fibres
- ( as modifier )
a cotton dress
- any substance, such as kapok ( silk cotton ), resembling cotton but obtained from other plants
Cotton
2/ ˈɒə /
noun
- CottonSirHenry19071987MBritishSPORT AND GAMES: golfer Sir Henry. 1907–87, English golfer: three times winner of the British Open (1934, 1937, 1948)
Derived Forms
- ˈdzٳٴDzԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- -dz·ٴDz adjective
- ··dz·ٴDz noun
- ܲ·dz·ٴDzԱ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cotton1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cotton1
Example Sentences
When trading partners retaliate, they target farm products like soybeans, corn, wheat, cotton and pork.
But as the two countries work on a trade deal, experts say Washington now wants to push "big-ticket" farm exports - wheat, cotton, corn and maize - to narrow its $45bn trade deficit with India.
And in a twist of historical irony, the word cotton — or, more precisely, cotton rebels — was once used to mock the Confederate South in the United States.
The company, founded in San Francisco 2006, and having served 15 million individuals to-date, is one of a handful of genetic testing businesses whose customers mail in a cotton swab of their saliva.
In adults, cotton buds are thought to be the leading problem.
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