(n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
(n.) The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
(n.) Cloth made of cotton.
(v. i.) To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does.
(v. i.) To go on prosperously; to succeed.
(v. i.) To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with.
(v. i.) To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to.
Example Sentences:
(1) When reformist industrialist Robert Owen set about creating a new community among the workers in his New Lanark cotton-spinning mills at the turn of the nineteenth century, it was called socialism, not corporate social responsibility.
(2) Coup leader Captain Amadou Sanogo on Friday pleaded for foreign help to preserve the territorial integrity of the former French colony, a major gold and cotton producer.
(3) The relationship between technique of obtaining Papanicolaou smears, presence of endocervical cells, and rate of cervical neoplasia was studied by comparing an endocervical and ectocervical nylon brush (Bayne brush), Ayre spatula plus endocervical brush, and spatula plus cotton-tipped swab in a randomized, prospective trial involving 11,061 patients.
(4) Careless Herbicidal aerial spray of a field for weed control and defoliation of cotton before machine picking, resulted in the contamination of an adjoining reservoir, killing large volume of fish.
(5) Infection of cotton rats with the recombinant virus induced NS1 antibodies in 1 of 11 animals.
(6) Effects of both tricyclic and non-tricyclic drugs on the extrinsic Cotton effects of dicumarol bound to human alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) have been investigated.
(7) Analytical recovery from cotton gloves, solutions of foliar dislodgeable residues, and air-sampling filters was essentially complete.
(8) That is happening not only in Brazil, but also in poorer cotton-producing countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali, Benin and Chad.
(9) Each of the Lea gene families probably contains two active homeologous genes (alloalleles), one in each of cotton's two subgenomes.
(10) The interaction with these lipids, the rotational conformations of the 17-acetyl group, and invertible conformations of the cyclohexenone of PROG were discussed on the basis of the elliptical strength of the Cotton effect and energy estimation of the preferred conformers.
(11) This complex is characterized by an increased absorption at 430 nm together with a positive Cotton effect, as also observed in the case of the complex with the competitive inhibitor maleate indicating protonation of the internal aldimine.
(12) The cotton root bark, when used as an abortifacient, exhibits the lowest toxicity.
(13) It obviously helps to have a waterfront, red bricks and cotton mills,” said Professor Karel Williams at Manchester Business School.
(14) Neither acetylcholine nor leukotriene D4 altered tone of arterial rings after the endothelium had been intentionally disrupted by rubbing with a cotton-tipped applicator.
(15) Ammoniacal extracts of bloodstains and dried bloodstains on cotton substrata behaved comparably with respect to the parameters studied.
(16) In 2004, the dispute settlement body , the "judicial branch" of the WTO, ruled that the US had to reform its cotton subsidies or face "retaliation" from Brazil.
(17) A prospective randomized study was undertaken to compare compliance efficacy and cost of the elastic nylon pressure garment (Jobst Institute, Inc., Toledo, Ohio) with the cotton elastic pressure garment (Tubigrip, SePro Healthcare Inc., Montgomeryville, Penn.).
(18) Cotton rats that possessed prechallenge rotavirus antibodies that may have been acquired either passively or actively developed neutralizing antibodies against the OSU strain following intranasal administration of the live Ad5-OSU VP4 recombinant.
(19) The Canadians had earlier developed a water-filled suit, which the RAF adopted, but comparative trials in 1944 by the Royal Air Force concluded that: "There is no doubt the Cotton Suit gives the best protection."
(20) The effect of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection on the electrophysiologic properties of the airway epithelium was studied in tracheas obtained from cotton rats, after in vivo exposure to the virus.
Denim
Definition:
(n.) A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Clearly recovered from her attack of British modesty, she jumps out of an SUV in denim shorts and a crop top, her voice almost completely lost.
(2) If there is a patron saint of shorts in this country, then it is undoubtedly the Chungmeister, with her beloved denim hotpants and collection of lacy and smart city shorts.
(3) Wearing an open denim shirt, with her hair pulled into two plaits, she looks like the rebel she has always been.
(4) You might have read a couple of articles in fashion magazines of late attempting to big up the DD look, no doubt with references to denim's "timelessness", "1950s teenage sense of freedom" and, lest we forget, "Americana".
(5) A stout man with close-cropped hair, Jones was dressed in denim, his temples soaked with sweat.
(6) American Eagle hopes shoppers will be won over by choice: women’s jeans come in 45 colours and seven styles while men have to make do with a mere five fits in 36 shades – or washes, as they are called in the denim business.
(7) Beside her, curled up, are the remains of a girl in denim shorts.
(8) Tight polo necks, worn as layers, and smart little denim jackets looked likely to be commercial hits.
(9) For several stain carriers the DNA-containing solution was contaminated by chemical substances, which in the case of the blue denim, suede, and carpet samples inhibited the digestion of the DNA with restriction enzymes and prevented DNA typing.
(10) There are things in my notebook which I later published and therefore always remember: the breathless, denim-jacketed couple from the provinces asking: “Excuse me, is this the way out?”; the man walking up Friedrichstrasse who exclaimed “28 years and 91 days!” (that’s how long he had been stuck behind the Wall); the improvised poster proclaiming “Only today is the war really over”.
(11) It's hard to say why Felt and Denim never enjoyed the success of many of their peers, or why Go Kart Mozart haven't been included in the pantheon of XL-approved heritage acts.
(12) You can buy denim repair kits online for £9.95 and you can choose from a range of weights and colours.
(13) So what are we going to conclude about the denim hotpants trend?
(14) The TV performance saw Fallon begin, dressed in the sleeveless-denim-and-bandana look Springsteen sported in the mid-80s, before the Boss – dressed identically – came out to take over.
(15) Leather palazzo trousers, for God’s sake, the most nonsensical garment, like a denim raincoat, or a cashmere bikini.
(16) To ensure catheter retention, the method uses a silicone plug fitted to the catheter and located cranial to its entry to the vein, double ligation at the venous insertion, subsequent passage of the catheter to exit 10 cm cranial to the scapula on the dorsal midline, and a denim vest fitted to the thorax.
(17) Rihanna has treated her fans to Instagrammed selfies of her enjoying the view at a strip club, of her buttocks barely concealed by a tiny denim thong and of her posing with two oversize cannabis joints while in Amsterdam.
(18) Mainly I just follow behind 70-year-old Diego, a retired cowboy turned guide, who never looks anything less than immaculate, in his buttoned-to-the-top denim shirt.
(19) "I can't bear it when people say, 'I wanna be part of the everyday world'," muses Lawrence, the surname-less enigma behind cult bands Felt, Denim and Go Kart-Mozart.
(20) Jenna Lyon at the J.Crew headquarters in New York Photograph: Danielle Levitt J Crew's USP is fashion nous mixed with accessibility – a relatively basic flowered T-shirt with high-waisted denim shorts, or a single-breasted navy blue blazer worn cape-style.