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cot·ton (ktn)n.1.a. Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Gossypium, having showy flowers and grown for the soft white downy fibers surrounding oil-rich seeds.
b. The fiber of any of these plants, used in making textiles and other products.
c. Thread or cloth manufactured from the fiber of these plants.
2. The crop of these plants.
3. Any of various soft downy substances produced by other plants, as on the seeds of a cottonwood.
intr.v. cot·toned, cot·ton·ing, cot·tons Informal1. To take a liking; attempt to be friendly: a dog that didn't cotton to strangers; an administration that will cotton up to the most repressive of regimes.
2. To come to understand. Often used with to or onto: "The German bosses . . . never cottoned to such changes" (N.R. Kleinfield).
Cotton is a commonly used fabric to make clothes.
The Cotton Belt is a term used for the group southern states that grow cotton.
he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter
A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a specific noun. In this sentence the pronouns are all and one.
We all prefer cotton.
Cotton is very fluffy and white.
The sheets were as soft as cotton.
The production of cotton has increased in the last 10 years. (Do not know if that is true just used it for an example)
I hung my cotton shirt up in the wardrobe.
Whitney invented the cotton gin.
Chintz is a cotton fabric that is commonly used to make curtains. A good sentence would be, she purchased chintz to make her curtains.
The sentence "Jim never did cotton to the sales side of the business" could be rephrased "Jim did not cotton to the sales side of the business", so the operative phrase is not "to do cotton to" but "to cotton to", and to cotton to something or someone means to like or to feel an affinity for that thing or person. So, the fact that Jim did not cotton to the sales side of the business means that he didn't like or understand it.