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• cottoning — cot·ton || kÉ’tn n. plant of the mallow family; white fluffy fibers produced by this plant; thread spun from cotton fibers; fabric woven from cotton thread v. like; be friendly with …   English contemporary dictionary

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• cotton — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English coton, from Anglo French cotun, from Old Italian cotone, from Arabic quṭun, quṭn Date: 14th century 1. a. a soft usually white fibrous substance composed of the hairs surrounding the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Neil Yates — Background information Born 1970 Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK …   Wikipedia

• cotton — /kot n/, n. 1. a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc. 2. the plant itself, having… …   Universalium

• cotton — [[t]kɒ̱t(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ cottons, cottoning, cottoned 1) N MASS: oft N n Cotton is a type of cloth made from soft fibres from a particular plant. ...a cotton shirt. 2) N UNCOUNT Cotton is a plant which is grown in warm countries and which produces… …   English dictionary

• cotton — I UK [ˈkɒt(ə)n] / US [ˈkɑt(ə)n] noun Word forms cotton : singular cotton plural cottons ** 1) [uncountable] cloth made from the white fibres of a plant called a cotton plant a) [only before noun] made from cotton cloth a flowered cotton dress b)… …   English dictionary

• cotton on — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms cotton on : present tense I/you/we/they cotton on he/she/it cottons on present participle cottoning on past tense cottoned on past participle cottoned on informal to begin to realize or understand something… …   English dictionary

• cotton to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms cotton to : present tense I/you/we/they cotton to he/she/it cottons to present participle cottoning to past tense cottoned to past participle cottoned to American informal cotton to someone/something to begin… …   English dictionary

• empathy — [n] understanding affinity, appreciation, being on same wavelength*, being there for someone*, communion, community of interests, compassion, comprehension, concord, cottoning to*, good vibrations*, hitting it off*, insight, picking up on*, pity …   New thesaurus