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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

  • (..) I was kinda hoping Thor would be the exception. Yeah. Give him time. We don't know what the Maximoff kid showed him. "Earth's Mightiest Heroes." Pulled us apart like cotton candy. Seems like you walked away all right. Is that a problem? I don't trust a guy without a dark side. (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron