cotton

Englanti

Adjektiivi

cotton

1. puuvillainen, pumpulinen

Substantiivi

cotton

1. puuvilla, vanu

Verbi

Taivutus
ind. prees. y. 3. p.	cottons
part. prees.	cottoning
imp. & part. perf.	cottoned

cotton

1. varustaa tai täyttää puuvillalla; lisätä puuvilla; kietoa puuvillaan; päällystää puuvillalla
2. saada aikaan puuvillamainen pehmeä tekstuuri tai pinta tai valkoinen harso
3. suojata (ulkomaailman) ärsykkeiltä, hemmotella

Liittyvät sanat

cotton wool, absorbent cotton, balloon cotton, black cotton soil, bless someone's cotton socks, bog cotton, cotton ball, cotton blend, cotton ball, cotton bollworm, cotton bud, cotton bush, cotton-candy, cotton candy, cotton card, cotton ceiling, cotton fleahopper, cotton gin, cottongrass, cotton mill, cotton mouse, cottonmouth, cotton onto, cotton on to, cotton pad, cotton picker, cotton-picking, cotton pox, cotton pygmy goose, cotton rat, cotton reel, cotton root rot, cotton rose, cotton rush, cotton scale, cottonsedge, cottonseed, cotton shrub, cotton-spinner, cotton stainer, cotton stripper, cotton swab, cottontail, cotton thistle, cotton-top, cotton tree, cotton velvet, cotton wax, cottonweed, cottonwick, cottonwood, cotton-wool, cotton wool, cotton wool ball, cotton wool bud, cotton-wooly, cotton worm, gun cotton, high cotton, mineral cotton, one's cotton socks off, out of one's cotton-picking mind, polycotton, red cotton-tree, red cotton tree, ride the cotton bicycle, ride the cotton horse, ride the cotton pony, silk-cotton tree, take a cotton to, tree cotton, upland cotton

Verbi

Taivutus
ind. prees. y. 3. p.	cottons
part. prees.	cottoning
imp. & part. perf.	cottoned

cotton

1. tottua ajatukseen, sisäistää

   Around 800 BC, the Romans cottoned on to the benefits of sewers as well as public lavatories (BBC)

   Kubrick immediately cottoned on to Super Toys Last All Summer Long and we started working on it and discussing whether it could be made into a movie. (BBC)

Etymologia

alkuperältään mahdollisesti kymrin cytûn, cytuno, "olla yhtä mieltä"