cotton
/ˈkɑt.n̩/ verb C2- To provide with cotton.
- To supply with a cotton wick.
- To fill with a wad of cotton.
- To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric.
- To cover walls with fabric.
- To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather )
- To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
- To develop a porous, cottony texture.
He/she/it cottons · Past cottoned · Past participle cottoned · -ing form cottoning
Verb forms
- Base form
- cotton
- He/she/it
- cottons
- Past
- cottoned
- Past participle
- cottoned
- -ing form
- cottoning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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From amid a tuft of cotton grass which bore it up out of the slime some dark thing was projecting.
I know she was loaded with cotton, and that she took in her freight at Alexandria from Pastret’s warehouse, and at Smyrna from Pascal’s; that is all I was obliged to know, and I beg I may not be asked for any further particulars.”
The prisoner himself is named Edmond Dantès, mate on board the three-master the Pharaon, trading in cotton with Alexandria and Smyrna, and belonging to Morrel & Son, of Marseilles.”
It was really a ball of cotton, but when oil was poured upon it the ball burned fiercely.
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