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cotton | brave |

As a proper noun cotton

is the name of several settlements around the world or cotton can be .

As a verb brave is

.

cotton

English

(cotton)

Etymology 1

(etyl) cotoun, from (etyl) cotun, (etyl) coton, from (Genoese) (etyl) cotone, from (Egyptian) (etyl) , possibly originally from (etyl). Cognate to Dutch katoen, German Kattun, Italian cotone, Spanish

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
  • Gossypium , a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
  • (textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant.
  • (countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.
    • Derived terms
    * cotton candy * cottongrass * cotton pad * cotton picker * cottonseed * cotton stripper * cotton wool * cotton gin * cotton card * cotton blend

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of cotton.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=2 citation , passage=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.}}

    Etymology 2

    1560s, either from (etyl) cydun, , literally “to be at one with”, or by metaphor with the textile, as cotton blended well with other textiles, notably wool in hat-making. Take Our Word For It: Issue 178, page 2]Folk-etymology: a dictionary of verbal corruptions or words perverted in form or meaning, by false derivation or mistaken analogy, Abram Smythe Palmer, G. Bell and Sons, 1882, [http://books.google.com/books?id=YX5BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA76&dq=cotton p. 76

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.
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    • Usage notes
    Generally used with prepositions on, to; see cotton on, cotton to.
    Derived terms
    * cotton on * cotton to

    References

    English terms with multiple etymologies

    brave

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
  • *1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula), Chapter 21:
  • *:Do not fret, dear. You must be brave and strong, and help me through the horrible task. If you only knew what an effort it is to me to tell of this fearful thing at all, you would understand how much I need your help.
  • *1987 , Michael Grumley, The Last Diary :
  • *:he has been so brave , giving it all a dignity.
  • (label) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.
  • *(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
  • *:Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.
  • *(Samuel Pepys) (1633-1703)
  • *:It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.
  • Making a fine show or display.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Wear my dagger with the braver grace.
  • * (1558-1592)
  • *:For I have gold, and therefore will be brave . / In silks I'll rattle it of every color.
  • *(Ralph Waldo Emerson) (1803-1882)
  • *:Frog and lizard in holiday coats / And turtle brave in his golden spots.
  • *
  • *:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

    • Synonyms

    * (courageous) doughty, orped, resilient, stalwart. See also

    Antonyms

    * (courageous) cowardly, fearful, mean, weak

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Native American warrior.
  • A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
  • * Dryden
    • Hot braves like thee may fight.
  • A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; / And so in this, to bear me down with braves .

    Verb

  • To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy.
  • * (rfdate), (John Dryden)
    • These I can brave , but those I can not bear.
  • * 1773 , A Farmer, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer , Number 53, December 2
    • but they [Parliament] never will be braved into it.
    After braving''' tricks on the high-dive, he '''braved a jump off the first diving platform.
  • (obsolete) To adorn; to make fine or showy.
  • * (rfdate), Shakespeare
    • Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved.

    Derived terms

    * bravely * bravery * bravure 1000 English basic words ----