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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And I wouldn’t have then, only I sent up this cotton waste and oil from the engine-room this afternoon for a girl upstairs who had her hand burned with a smoothing-iron.
So they wrapped him in cotton wool, and warmed him over a little fire, and he opened his eyes and sneezed.
He looked at the cotton wool, decided that it was not good to eat, ran all round the table, sat up and put his fur in order, scratched himself, and jumped on the small boy’s shoulder.
They had made a beautiful nest by pulling two big leaves together and stitching them up the edges with fibers, and had filled the hollow with cotton and downy fluff.
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