cotton
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
Etymology: From Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, Old French coton, from (Genoese) Old Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun), from Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת (kuttṓnĕṯ).
Inflected forms:
form: cottons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cottons
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cottoning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cottoned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cottoned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: fibrous substance
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: fibrous substance
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: plant source
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: K'a-shih has the most extensive cotton-growing area which amounted to 950 000 mou (6.3 million ares) in 1965.
gloss: plant source
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: manufactured product of such substance
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
gloss: manufactured product of such substance
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: The little girls appeared, looking fresh and cool in pretty pink cottons, and we two elder ones seized the opportunity of making a more elaborate toilette than usual.
gloss: manufactured product of such substance
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Do not re-use needles; use fresh cottons each time.
gloss: manufactured product of such substance
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: manufactured product of such substance
pos: noun
tags: archaic
uncountable
usually
gloss: Made of cotton.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: To provide with cotton.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Goddamned fools had cottoned the land, and just worked it to death, destroying the topsoil, so it blew away, and then, when the rains came, gullied it, so that it wasn't worth a damn for anything.
Eyes closed, ears cottoned, the mind produces its own interior messages.
gloss: To provide with cotton.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Supposing a frame, or set of moulds, as represented at B, to have wicks carried through each mould, or regularly cottoned, and each wick to be held accurately in the centre of the mould by means of the series of nippers shown at fig. 8, the moulds are first taken to the position shown at B 1, figs. 2, 3, and 4, where they are supported in a perpendicular position on the small straight edges or railway d, d, as seen at fig. 3.
Each machine has on average 200 moulds, each mould contains 18 bobbins, and each bobbin, when first cottoned, 60 yards of wick, so that supposing all the frames of our seven machines to be fresh cottoned at the same time, we should have above 800 miles of wick in work.
The method of using the machine is as follows: — After having made the connection between the hot and cold water pipes and the machine at K, and having connected the outlet pipe with a drain, the machine is ready for cottoning.
gloss: To provide with cotton.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: First comes bottling, which is done both by machine and by hand. This is followed by cottoning and capping.
Although cottoning is performed by hand, the hand-capping operation is assisted by a mechanical friction wheel, driven through a flexible cable.
Features of the CM/CCI (Continuous Motion, Close-Coupled Integrated) packaging line segment include control of containers from the bottle feeder through the filling/ cottoning operations and space savings in packaging line lengths.
gloss: To provide with cotton.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: When a tree is to be cottoned the ends from the cops are brought together and tied in a rough knot, which is hitched to a twig. Then, with the tube held upright, the operator walks round the tree as many times as may be necessary to cover it with lines of cotton, raising the metal tube about three feet after each round.
I went round and quietly cottoned all the nine holes, and next moring I found all the cottons intact.
I planted out over 600 polyanthus plants, and almost without exception the sparrows had the new buds off — after I had both cottoned and sprayed with Jeyes. They also destroyed two rows of brussels sprouts seedlings — again after cottoning and spraying.
The National Fruit Trials at Brogdale will this year be working in conjunction with Worplesden on cottoning cherry orchards as a method of reducing losses, although it can never entirely prevent damage.
gloss: To provide with cotton.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The rooms downstairs were cottoned, the doors re-hung, and a counter put in the record office.
Robinson, W., Whitehorse: cottoning and papering 10 rooms, hall and staircase, at sergeant's mess, $206;
Mr. Taylor said he reckoned the cost of cottoning at twelve and one-half cents per yard.
gloss: To provide with cotton.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Tar and cotton him," said a student from the college, more facetiously, perhaps, more mercifully inclined. " Think, fellows, what a pretty bird he will be, with cotton for feathers ; — so downy."
The Southerners caught him ; and, as a natural consequence of his capture, he was, after a little preliminary cowhiding and railriding, tarred and cottoned; the soft and downy substance growing in the pod of the cotton plant being in the sunny South the substitute for 'the penal plumes' —as Sydney Smith in humorous euphuism called the feathers wwibh, in combination with a coating of pitch, made up the ignominious livery of an offender whom the Americans delight to dishonour.
Tarring and feathering in the Northern States of America, or tarring and cottoning in the South (the last a freak frequently played with Abolitionists prior to the Great Civil War), could have been as nothing, looked upon as a frolic, compared with the racy humours of the Golden House.
gloss: To make or become cotton-like
pos: verb
examples: The finishing operations consisted of shearing the nap from the cloth, and frizzing, or cottoning, the surface, by pressing with hot irons.
When the cloth is thus shorn on one side, it is for the most part cottoned on the other side, which they call the wrong side ; but frizes are cottoned on the " right side", for cottoning makes them such.
The final finishing processes—cottoning and rowing, or raising the nap with teasels and shearing it smooth again—were performed after the Drapers had carried the cloth to Shrewsbury.
Webs made from them had to be frizzed or cottoned.
The 'cotton' was, in fact, a woollen fabric, one whose nap had been teased upwards or 'cottoned'.
gloss: To make or become cotton-like
pos: verb
examples: At this moment he saw the plate cottoning, as he expressed it, to his young friend, Charles Freeland, who sat in the pew at his right. He watched to see what the young merchant would give ; and to his amazement, he saw the young man put in a fifty dollar note!
Used at medium to thin consistency to avoid stringing or cottoning and to assure proper spreading characteristics.
However, this variety exhibited cottoning (breaking down of the central portion of the root) starting on the 14th up to the 20th day of storage.
gloss: To make or become cotton-like
pos: verb
examples: A fair piece ahead, in answering signal cottoned the sky in rhythmic puffs.
Choppy waves cottoned the bay.
And he quickly changed the subject as the first of the afternoon clouds cottoned the sky and laid shadows across Marlin Hardwick's rustling, winding, scuttling and bird-calling yard.
gloss: To make or become cotton-like
pos: verb
examples: Fog cottoned the steep, wooded slopes on each side of the lake, and the air was chill and penetrating.
There was no evidence by Thursday of the snowfall that had thickly cottoned the Taunton area; the town and state plows had scraped the roads clean, and the only sight of snow remaining lay in the drifts and patches on the sheltered, wooded slopes northward.
Fog cottoned the roads under a sky like rusted tin.
A mist cottoned the hills inland.
She got out and began to wade through the blanket of powder which cottoned the ground.
gloss: To protect from harsh stimuli, coddle, or muffle.
pos: verb
examples: Jeanne's house, like Usher's, is a void of great silence and immobility and the "somnambulistic gardens" surrounding her house like Usher's tarn "cottoned the sound from the world."
The violins were muted, the hands were gloved, carpets were unrolled forever under the feet, and the gardens cottoned the sound from the world.
In the case of the whippingboys, however, the closeness of the relationship was often given a somewhat negative interpretation by the teachers — the parents were over-anxious, 'cottoned' the boy, were overprotective.
Indeed, pragmatism and technicism cottoned the American soul from some of the worst pains of an unmysterious world, although they would later be poor guardians against its encroachment.
gloss: To rub or burnish with cotton.
pos: verb
examples: To oppress one's own workmen, and provide for the workmen of a neighbor — to skin those in charge of one's own interests while cottoning and oiling the residuary product of another's skinnery — that is not very good benevolence, nor very good sense, but it serves in place of both.
It was inclined to be scummy in developing, and the consequent vigorous 'cottoning' or rubbing with a swab of absorbent cotton while in the developing sink, which was necessary to open it up, often caused injury to the image.
The solution has been to unplug the dots — open up the shadow areas — by re-etching, cottoning, and other handwork.
Derived words: absorbent cotton
balloon cotton
black cotton soil
bless my cotton socks
bless someone's cotton socks
bless someone's little cotton socks
bog cotton
cellucotton
cottolin
cotton ball
Cotton Belt
cotton blend
cotton boll
cotton bollworm
cotton bud
cotton bush
cotton candy
cotton-candy
cotton card
cotton ceiling
Cotton County
cotton fever
cottonfield
cotton fleahopper
cotton gin
cottongrass
cotton-headed
cottonize
cotton lavender
cottonless
cottonlike
cotton mill
cotton mouse
cottonmouth
cottonness
cottonocracy
cottonoid
Cottonopolis
cottonous
cotton pad
cotton picker
cotton-picking
cottonpox
cotton pox
cotton pygmy goose
cotton rat
cotton reel
cotton root rot
cottonrose
cotton rose
cotton rush
cotton scale
cottonsedge
cottonseed
cotton seedling thrips
cotton shrub
cotton-spinner
cotton stainer
cotton stripper
cotton swab
cottontail
cotton thistle
cottontop
cotton-top
cotton tree
cotton velvet
cotton wax
cottonwear
cottonweed
cottonwick
cottonwood
cotton wool ball
cotton wool bud
cotton wool
cotton-wool
cotton-wooly
cotton worm
devil's cotton
Egyptian cotton
flax cotton
French cotton
God bless someone's cotton socks
gun cotton
guncotton
high cotton
Java cotton
lavender cotton
Levant cotton
mineral cotton
New Zealand cotton
nitrocotton
noncotton
one's cotton socks off
out of one's cotton-picking mind
Peruvian cotton
polycotton
pyrocotton
red cotton tree
red cotton-tree
ride the cotton bicycle
ride the cotton horse
ride the cotton pony
Sea Island cotton
silk-cotton tree
tree cotton
upland cotton
waxed cotton
wild cotton
uncottoned
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: pambuk
lang: Aragonese
word: cotón
lang: Aragonese
word: alcotón
lang: Armenian
word: բամբակ
roman: bambak
lang: Middle Armenian
word: բամբակ
roman: bambak
lang: Old Armenian
word: բամբակ
roman: bambak
lang: Aromanian
word: bumbac
lang: Assamese
word: কপাহ
roman: kopah
lang: Assamese
word: তুলা
roman: tula
lang: Asturian
word: algodón
lang: Azerbaijani
word: pambıq
lang: Bambara
word: kɔɔrimugu
lang: Bashkir
word: мамыҡ
roman: mamıq
lang: Belarusian
word: баво́ўна
roman: bavówna
lang: Belarusian
word: ва́та
roman: váta
lang: Bengali
word: তুলো
roman: tulō
lang: Bengali
word: তুলা
roman: tula
lang: Breton
word: koton
lang: Bulgarian
word: паму́к
roman: pamúk
lang: Burmese
word: ဝါဂွမ်း
roman: wagwam:
lang: Catalan
word: cotó
lang: Cebuano
word: gapas
lang: Cebuano
word: algodon
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎤᏥᎸᎢ
roman: utsilvi
lang: Khumi Chin
word: bälaw
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 棉絮
roman: min⁴ seoi⁵
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 棉布
roman: miánbù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 棉紗 /棉纱
roman: miánshā
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 棉絮
roman: miánxù
lang: Choctaw
word: ponola
lang: Cimbrian
word: pómolla
lang: Cimbrian
word: bombaas
lang: West Circassian
word: джыны
roman: džənə
lang: Coptic
word: ⲕⲟⲛⲧⲓⲟⲛ
roman: kontion
lang: Cornish
word: koton
lang: Corsican
word: cutòne
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: pamuq
lang: Czech
word: bavlna
lang: Danish
word: bomuld
lang: Dutch
word: katoen
lang: Emilian
word: cutòṅ
lang: Esperanto
word: kotono
lang: Estonian
word: puuvill
lang: Faroese
word: bummull
lang: Finnish
word: puuvilla
lang: Finnish
word: pumpuli
lang: French
word: coton
lang: Old French
word: cotoun
lang: North Frisian
word: buumol
lang: West-Frisian
word: katoen
lang: Galician
word: algodón
lang: Georgian
word: ბამბა
roman: bamba
lang: German
word: Baumwolle
lang: German
word: Bàuimwulla
lang: Central Franconian
word: Boomwoll
lang: Greek
word: βαμβάκι
roman: vamváki
lang: Ancient Greek
word: βάμβαξ
roman: bámbax
lang: Ancient Greek
word: γοσσύπιον
roman: gossúpion
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐριόξυλον
roman: erióxulon
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: mandyju
lang: Gujarati
word: રૂ
roman: rū
lang: Hindi
word: तूल
roman: tūl
lang: Hindi
word: कपास
roman: kapās
lang: Hindi
word: रूई
roman: rūī
lang: Hungarian
word: pamut
lang: Icelandic
word: baðmull
lang: Icelandic
word: bómull
lang: Ido
word: kotono
lang: Ilocano
word: kapas
lang: Indonesian
word: katun
lang: Ingrian
word: puuvilla
lang: Ingush
word: боамби
roman: boambi
lang: Irish
word: cadás
lang: Istriot
word: guton
lang: Italian
word: cotone
lang: Italian
word: bambagia
lang: Japanese
word: 綿糸
roman: menshi
lang: Japanese
word: コットン
roman: kotton
lang: Javanese
word: ꦏꦥꦱ꧀
roman: kapas
lang: Javanese
word: kapas
lang: Jeju
word: 소게
roman: soge
lang: Karelian
word: pumpuli
lang: Kazakh
word: мақта
roman: maqta
lang: Khmer
word: កប្បាស
roman: kapbaah
lang: Korean
word: 솜 면
roman: som
lang: Kyrgyz
word: пахта
roman: pahta
lang: Ladin
word: bambesc
lang: Latin
word: gossypium
lang: Latvian
word: kokvilna
lang: Ligurian
word: cutùn
lang: Lithuanian
word: medvilnė
lang: Livonian
word: būomvīla
lang: Livvi
word: puuvillu
lang: Low German
word: Kattuun
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Kotteng
lang: Macanese
word: algudám
lang: Macedonian
word: памук
roman: pamuk
lang: Macedonian
word: бубаќ
roman: bubaḱ
lang: Malay
word: کاڤس
lang: Malay
word: kapas
lang: Malayalam
word: പഞ്ഞി
roman: paññi
lang: Maltese
word: tajjar
lang: Manx
word: cadee
lang: Māori
word: kātene
lang: Marathi
word: कापूस
roman: kāpūs
lang: Maricopa
word: hcho
lang: Marshallese
word: kotin
lang: Middle English
word: coton
lang: Mòcheno
word: bombasch
lang: Mongolian
word: хөвөн
roman: xövön
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠥᠪᠦᠩ
roman: köbüng
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: ichcatl
lang: Navajo
word: ndikʼąʼ
lang: Neapolitan
word: cuttone
lang: Nepali
word: कपास
roman: kapās
lang: Newar
word: कपाय्
roman: kapæ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bomull
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: bomull
lang: Nupe
word: lulu
lang: Occitan
word: coton
lang: Odia
word: କପା
roman: kapā
lang: Old Ruthenian
word: бавелна
roman: bavelna
lang: Old Ruthenian
word: баво́лна
roman: bavólna
lang: O'odham
word: toki
lang: Ossetian
word: бӕмбӕг
roman: bæmbæg
lang: Ossetian
word: бӕмпӕг
roman: bæmpæg
lang: Pali
word: kappāsa
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: Baawoll
lang: Persian
word: پنبه
roman: panbe
lang: Piedmontese
word: cotón
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Boomwoll
lang: Polish
word: bawełna
lang: Polish
word: wata
lang: Portuguese
word: algodão
lang: Punjabi
word: ਕਪਾਹ
roman: kapāh
lang: Romanian
word: bumbac
lang: Romanian
word: vată
lang: Romansh
word: mangola
lang: Romansh
word: bambesch
lang: Romansh
word: pingoula
lang: Russian
word: хло́пок
roman: xlópok
lang: Russian
word: ва́та
roman: váta
lang: Russian
word: хлопчатая бумага
roman: xlopčataja bumaga
lang: Sanskrit
word: कर्पास
roman: karpāsa
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cotan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: па̀мук
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pàmuk
lang: Sicilian
word: cuttuni
lang: Slovak
word: bavlna
lang: Slovene
word: bombaž
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: bałma
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: bałma
lang: Spanish
word: algodón
lang: Old Spanish
word: algodon
lang: Swahili
word: pamba
lang: Swedish
word: bomull
lang: Tagalog
word: bulak
lang: Tagalog
word: algudon
lang: Tajik
word: пахта
roman: paxta
lang: Tamil
word: பஞ்சு
roman: pañcu
lang: Tatar
word: мамык
roman: mamıq
lang: Tày
word: bông
lang: Tetum
word: kabas
lang: Tetum
word: algodaun
lang: Thai
word: ต้นฝ้าย
roman: dtôn-fâai
lang: Thai
word: ฝ้าย
roman: fâai
lang: Turkish
word: pamuk
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: پاموق
roman: pamuk
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: پنبه
roman: pembe
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قطن
roman: kutn
lang: Turkmen
word: pagta
lang: Udi
word: памбакӏ
roman: pambaḳ
lang: Ukrainian
word: баво́вна
roman: bavóvna
lang: Ukrainian
word: ва́та
roman: váta
lang: Urdu
word: کَپاس
roman: kapās
lang: Uyghur
word: پاختا
roman: paxta
lang: Uzbek
word: paxta
lang: Venetan
word: coton
lang: Venetan
word: bombàxo
lang: Venetan
word: bombàs
lang: Veps
word: puvill
lang: Vietnamese
word: bông
lang: Võro
word: puuvill
lang: Votic
word: puuvillõ
lang: Waray-Waray
word: gapas
lang: Welsh
word: cotwm
lang: Welsh
word: bombas
lang: Welsh
word: bwmbas
lang: West Flemish
word: katoen
lang: Wolof
word: wëtéen
lang: Yiddish
word: באַוול
roman: bavl
lang: Yiddish
word: וואַטע
roman: vate
lang: Yoruba
word: òwú
lang: Zazaki
word: peme (diq)
lang: Zhuang
word: faiq