Cotton
51cotton — [14] As with knowledge of the plant, its name cotton came to Europe from the Middle East. It originated in Arabic qutn, which passed via Spanish into the other languages of Europe. English acquired it via Old French coton. The verbal idiom cotton …
52cotton to — PHRASAL VERB: no passive If you cotton to someone or something, you start to like them. [AM, INFORMAL] [V P n] His style of humor was very human, and that s why people cotton to him... [V P n] It seemed to me that I was being shut out of the… …
53cotton — [14] As with knowledge of the plant, its name cotton came to Europe from the Middle East. It originated in Arabic qutn, which passed via Spanish into the other languages of Europe. English acquired it via Old French coton. The verbal idiom cotton …
54cotton — 1. noun /ˈkɒt.ən/ a) A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth. b) A type of plant used as a source of cotton fiber. 2. adjective /ˈkɒt.ən/ Made of cotton …
55Cotton — Frank A., U.S. chemist, *1930. See C. effect. * * * cot·ton kät ən n, often attrib 1) a soft usu. white fibrous substance composed of the hairs surrounding the seeds of various erect freely branching tropical plants (genus Gossypium) of the… …
56cotton — The white, fluffy, fibrous covering of the seeds of a plant of the genus Gossypium (family Malvaceae); used extensively in surgical dressings. [Ar. qútun] absorbent c. c. from which all fatty matter has been extracted, so that it readily takes up …
57cotton on — v. (colloq.) (BE) (D; intr.) ( to understand ) to cotton on to * * * [ kɒtn ɒn] (colloq.) (BE) (D; intr.) ( to understand ) to cotton on to …
58cotton up — v. (colloq.) (esp. AE) (d; intr.) ( to try to ingratiate oneself ) to cotton up to * * * [ kɒtn ʌp] (colloq.) (esp. AE) (d; intr.) ( to try to ingratiate oneself) to cotton up to …
59cotton — cot·ton || kÉ’tn n. plant of the mallow family; white fluffy fibers produced by this plant; thread spun from cotton fibers; fabric woven from cotton thread v. like; be friendly with …
60cotton — n. Cotton wool, raw cotton …
