cotton.
A fibrous substance:
Meaning & usage
A fibrous substance: A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.
A fibrous substance: Any similar soft, fibrous, white substance of fine hairs, of any origin.
A plant source: A plant of genus Gossypium, used as a source of such fiber.
A plant source: Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
A manufactured product of such a substance: Textiles made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.
A manufactured product of such a substance: An item of clothing made from such textiles.
A manufactured product of such a substance: A small piece of cotton used as a filter when drawing up a drug into a syringe.
A manufactured product of such a substance: Thread of such fiber.
A manufactured product of such a substance: A wick of a candle.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, Old French coton, from (Genoese) Old Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun), from Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת (kuttṓnĕṯ).
Made of cotton.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, Old French coton, from (Genoese) Old Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun), from Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת (kuttṓnĕṯ).
To provide with cotton.
To provide with cotton. To supply with a cotton wick.
To provide with cotton. To fill with a wad of cotton.
To provide with cotton. To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric.
To provide with cotton. To cover walls with fabric.
To provide with cotton. To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather )
To make or become cottonlike. To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
To make or become cottonlike. To develop a porous, cottony texture.
To make or become cottonlike. To give the appearance of being dotted with cotton balls.
To make or become cottonlike. To enshroud with a layer of whiteness.
To protect from harsh stimuli, coddle, or muffle.
To rub or burnish with cotton.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, Old French coton, from (Genoese) Old Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun), from Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת (kuttṓnĕṯ).
To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.
Where this word comes from
First use appears c. the 1560s, either from Welsh cydun, cytun (“agree, coincide”) (cyduno, cytuno), from cyd, cyt + un (“one”), literally “to be at one with”, or by metaphor with the textile, as cotton blended well with other textiles, notably wool in hat-making.
A liking.
Where this word comes from
First use appears c. the 1560s, either from Welsh cydun, cytun (“agree, coincide”) (cyduno, cytuno), from cyd, cyt + un (“one”), literally “to be at one with”, or by metaphor with the textile, as cotton blended well with other textiles, notably wool in hat-making.
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