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cotton

/ˈkɑt.n̩/ verbe C2

En français : cotonner, garnir de coton

  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 · Prétérit cottoned · Participe passé cottoned · Forme en -ing cottoning

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
cotton
He/she/it
cottons
Prétérit
cottoned
Participe passé
cottoned
Forme en -ing
cottoning

Dans la bibliothèque

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.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 7 · C1
So they wrapped him in cotton wool, and warmed him over a little fire, and he opened his eyes and sneezed.
The Jungle Book, p. 65 · B2
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.
The Jungle Book, p. 65 · B2
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.
The Jungle Book, p. 67 · B2

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