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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

  • (..) that girl anymore. Well, then... allow me to remind you. "Born into one of the wealthiest families of Greenville, Alabama, her daddy's in cotton and all that that implies." There's no listing for an Earl Carmichael in Greenville. How about her local high school? No record of a Melanie (..)
    2002 Sweet Home Alabama