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Meaning of 'cotton'
Meaning of 'cotton' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Cotton 
[ n.]
- A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting
of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton
plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long;
short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half. [ n.]- The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
- Cloth made of cotton.
2. Cotton [ v. i.]
- To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does. [ v. i.]- To go on prosperously; to succeed.
- To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with.
- To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to.
Meaning of 'cotton' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. cotton [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- take a liking to
- take a liking to
Example in sentence:
- cotton to something
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