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noun | verb cottoncotton1 /ˈkɑt˺n/ ●●● W3 noun [uncountable] ETYMOLOGYcotton1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French coton, from Arabic qutn 1 cloth or thread made from the soft white fibers that surround the seeds of a cotton plant: The towels are 100% cotton. a white cotton shirt2a soft mass of fibers from a cotton plant that you use especially for cleaning and protecting wounds, or for removing makeup: a ball of cotton3the plant that produces these fibers: fields of cotton [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French coton, from Arabic qutn] noun | verb cottoncotton2 verb ETYMOLOGYcotton2Origin: 1800-1900 cotton to be successful (16-19 centuries), perhaps from cotton (of cloth) to form a soft surface (15-19 centuries), from ➔ COTTON1 VERB TABLEcotton |
Present | I, you, we, they | cotton | | he, she, it | cottons | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cottoned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cottoned | | he, she, it | has cottoned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cottoned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cotton | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cottoned |
cotton on phrasal verb informal to begin to understand something: cotton on to It took a while to cotton on to what she was suggesting.cotton to somebody/something phrasal verb informal to like someone or something that is new to you: I didn’t cotton to her at first, but she’s really nice. |