cotton

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Synonyms: cottom, totton, colton, wotton, catton, cotto, cotten, coston, coton, corton, potton

Antonyms: cottom, totton, colton, wotton, catton, cotto, cotten, coston, coton, corton, potton

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Noun

1. A fibrous substance: A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium. Any similar soft, fibrous, white substance of fine hairs, of any origin.
2. A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.
3. Any similar soft, fibrous, white substance of fine hairs, of any origin.
4. A plant source: A plant of genus Gossypium, used as a source of such fiber. Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
5. A plant of genus Gossypium, used as a source of such fiber.
6. Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
7. A manufactured product of such a substance: Textiles made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium. An item of clothing made from such textiles. A small piece of cotton used as a filter when drawing up a drug into a syringe. Thread of such fiber. A wick of a candle.
8. Textiles made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.
9. An item of clothing made from such textiles.
10. A small piece of cotton used as a filter when drawing up a drug into a syringe.
11. Thread of such fiber.
12. A wick of a candle.

Adjective

1. Made of cotton.

Verb

1. 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 )
2. To supply with a cotton wick.
3. To fill with a wad of cotton.
4. To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric.
5. To cover walls with fabric.
6. To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather )
7. To make or become cottonlike. To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture. To develop a porous, cottony texture. To give the appearance of being dotted with cotton balls. To enshroud with a layer of whiteness.
8. To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
9. To develop a porous, cottony texture.
10. To give the appearance of being dotted with cotton balls.
11. To enshroud with a layer of whiteness.
12. To protect from harsh stimuli, coddle, or muffle.
13. To rub or burnish with cotton.

Verb

1. (Should we move, merge or split this sense?) To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.

Noun

1. A liking.

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