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cot·ton  (ktn)

n.

1.

a. Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Gossypium, having showy flowers and grown for the soft white downy fibers surrounding oil-rich seeds.

b. The fiber of any of these plants, used in making textiles and other products.

c. Thread or cloth manufactured from the fiber of these plants.

2. The crop of these plants.

3. Any of various soft downy substances produced by other plants, as on the seeds of a cottonwood.

intr.v. cot·toned, cot·ton·ing, cot·tons Informal

1. To take a liking; attempt to be friendly: a dog that didn't cotton to strangers; an administration that will cotton up to the most repressive of regimes.

2. To come to understand. Often used with to or onto: "The German bosses . . . never cottoned to such changes" N.R. Kleinfield.

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[Middle English cotoun, from Old French coton, from Old Italian cotone, from Arabic qun, quun; see qn in Semitic roots.]

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cotton

Noun

1. the soft white downy fibre surrounding the seeds of a plant grown in warm climates, used to make cloth and thread

2. cloth or thread made from cotton fibres [Arabic qutn]

cottony adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cotton - soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state cotton fiber, cotton wool cotton - fabric woven from cotton fibers cushioning, padding - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort absorbent cotton - cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax long-staple cotton - cotton with relatively long fibers short-staple cotton - cotton with relatively short fibers plant fiber, plant fibre - fiber derived from plants
	2.	cotton - fabric woven from cotton fibers       cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" gauze, gauze bandage - (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings cotton, cotton fiber, cotton wool - soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
	3.	cotton - erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers cotton plant cottonseed - seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil genus Gossypium, Gossypium - herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton Gossypium arboreum, tree cotton - East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms Gossypium barbadense, sea island cotton, tree cotton - small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers Gossypium herbaceum, Levant cotton - Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons Gossypium hirsutum, upland cotton - native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton Gossypium peruvianum, Peruvian cotton - cotton with long rough hairy fibers Egyptian cotton - fine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt; believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton Arizona wild cotton, Gossypium thurberi, wild cotton - shrub of southern Arizona and Mexico bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	4.	cotton - thread made of cotton fibers lisle thread, lisle - a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) thread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
Verb	1.	cotton - take a liking to; "cotton to something" like - find enjoyable or agreeable; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels"

Translations

cotton [ˈkɔtn] n → algodón m (= thread); hilo

cotton on vi (col): to cotton on (to sth) → caer en la cuenta (de algo)

cotton [ˈkɔtn] n → coton m (= thread); fil m (de coton);

cotton dress etc → robe etc en or de coton

cotton on vi (inf);

to cotton on (to sth) → piger (qch)

cotton [ˈkɔtn] n (fabric) → Baumwollstoff m;

(plant) → Baumwollstrauch m;

(thread) → (Baumwoll)garn nt

cpd (dress etc) → Baumwoll-

cotton on cotton (inf) vi to cotton on → es kapieren or schnallen;

to cotton on to sth → etw kapieren or schnallen

cotton [ˈkɔtn] n → cotone m;

cotton dress etc → vestito etc di cotone

cotton on vi (col): to cotton on (to sth) → afferrare (qc)

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cotton¹

n cotton [ˈkotn]

1 a soft substance got from the seeds of the cotton plant, used in making thread or cloth. katoenقُطْـنпамукbavlnabomulddie Baumwolleβαμβάκιalgodónpuuvillپنبهpuuvilla(de/en) cotonכּוּתנָהकपासpamukgyapotkapasbómullcotone綿솜medvilnėkokvilnakapaskatoenbomullbawełnaalgodão(de/din) bumbacхлопокbavlnabombažpamukbomullฝ้ายpamuk棉花бавовна; бавовникروئى، كپاسbông棉花

2 the yarn or cloth made from this a reel of cotton; This shirt is made of cotton; (also adjective ) a cotton shirt.katoenagtigنسيج قُطنـيпамучен платbavlna; bavlněnýbomuld; bomulds-die Baumwolleβαμβάκι, βαμβακερόςalgodónpuuvillniit, puuvillriieنخ یا پوشاک پنبه ای یا کتانpuuvillacotonבָּד כּוּתנָהसूती कपड़ाpamuk, pamučanpamut(szövet)katunbómullcotone; di cotone*綿布면직물medvilnė; medvilniniskokvilnas diegs/audums; kokvilnas-kain kapaskatoenbomullsgarn; bomulls-bawełnaalgodãobumbac(хлопчато)бумажная нить, тканьbavlna; bavlnenýbombaževina; bombaženpamučanbomullstråd, bomullstygผ้าฝ้ายpamuk(lu)棉線，棉布бавовна; бавовнянийسوت، سوت كا بنا هواvải bông棉线，棉布

cotton candy

(American) candy floss. spookasemغَزْل البَنات (حَـلوى كالقُطْن)захарен памукcukrová vatacandyfloss; sukkervatdie Zuckerwatteμαλλί της γριάςalgodón dulcesuhkruvattپشمکhattarabarbe à papa“שׂעֲרוֹת סָבתַא”कैंडी फ्लासšećerna vunavattacukorharum manissykurfloszucchero filato綿あめcukraus vatacukurvategula-gula kapasgesponnen suikersukkerspinnwata cukrowaalgodão docevată de zahărсахарная ватаcukrová vatasladkorna penašećerna vatasockervadd, spunnet sockerขนมสายไหมketen helva棉花糖цукрова ватаروئى جيسى م‍ٹ‍ھ‍ائىkẹo bông棉花糖

n ˌcottonˈwool

(American absorbent cotton) loose cotton pressed into a mass, for absorbing liquids, wiping or protecting an injury etc She bathed the wound with cotton wool.watteقُطْـن طِبّـيмедицински памукvatavatdie Watteβαμβάκιalgodónvattلایۀ نرم پنبهvanu, pumpuliouateצֶמֶר גֶפֶןरूई का फाहाvuneni jastučićvattakapas sterilbómullcotone, ovatta脱脂綿탈지면vatavatekapaswattenvatt, råbomullwataalgodãoватаvatavatavatabomull, vaddสำลี(hidrofil) pamuk藥棉，棉絮ватаت‍ہ دار روئىbông len棉絮