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cotton

/ˈkɑt.n̩/ verbo C2

En español: rellenar de algodón, cubrir de algodón

  1. To provide with cotton. (transitive)
  2. To supply with a cotton wick. (transitive)
  3. To fill with a wad of cotton. (transitive)
  4. To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric. (transitive)
  5. To cover walls with fabric. (transitive)
  6. To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather ) (transitive)
  7. To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture. (transitive)
  8. To develop a porous, cottony texture. (transitive)

He/she/it cottons · Pasado cottoned · Participio pasado cottoned · Forma en -ing cottoning

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Formas del verbo

Forma base
cotton
He/she/it
cottons
Pasado
cottoned
Participio pasado
cottoned
Forma en -ing
cottoning

De la biblioteca

From amid a tuft of cotton grass which bore it up out of the slime some dark thing was projecting.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 199 · C1
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 Count of Monte Cristo, p. 34 · C1
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.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 58 · C1
It was really a ball of cotton, but when oil was poured upon it the ball burned fiercely.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 107 · B2

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