cotton

Definition

  • noun: a soft, white material that grows on the seeds of a tall plant and that is used to make cloth
  • noun: a soft usually white fibrous substance composed of the hairs surrounding the seeds of various erect freely branching tropical plants (genus 'Gossypium') of the mallow family
  • verb: to take a liking
  • used with 'to'
  • synonyms: succeed, unite, agree

Examples

  • She didn't do a 'cotton-picking' [='damned, darned'] thing all day.

  • It took a while, but they are finally starting to 'cotton on'.

  • He doesn't 'cotton to' the idea of having children.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) will disappear completely as she does. Your suit can stretch as far as you can, without injuring yourself, and still retain its shape. Virtually indestructible... ...yet it breathes like Egyptian cotton. As an extra feature, each suit contains a homing device, giving you the precise global location (..)
    2004 The Incredibles