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Noun cotton has 4 senses

cotton, cotton wool - silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
--₁ is a kind of plant fiber, plant fibre
--₁ is a substance of padding, cushioning; cotton, cotton cloth
--₁ has particulars: absorbent cotton
cotton, cotton cloth - fabric woven from cotton fibers
--₂ is a kind of fabric, cloth, material, textile
--₂ has substances: cotton, cotton wool
--₂ has particulars: gauze, gauze bandage

cotton, cotton plant - erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
--₃ is a kind of shrub, bush
--₃ is a member of Gossypium, genus Gossypium
--₃ has parts: cottonseed
--₃ has particulars:

tree cotton, Gossypium arboreum; sea island cotton, tree cotton, Gossypium barbadense; Levant cotton, Gossypium herbaceum; upland cotton, Gossypium hirsutum; Peruvian cotton, Gossypium peruvianum; Egyptian cotton; wild cotton, Arizona wild cotton, Gossypium thurberi

cotton - thread made of cotton fibers
--₄ is a kind of thread, yarn
--₄ has particulars: lisle

Verb cotton has 1 sense

cotton - take a liking to; "cotton to something"
--₁ is one way to like
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP