1. past tense and past participle of gin; removed seeds from cotton using a cotton gin

Examples

• The cotton was ginned at the local processing plant.
• After the cotton was ginned, it was ready for spinning into thread.
• The farmer ginned his entire harvest before winter.
• Raw cotton must be ginned before it can be used in textiles.
• The invention of the cotton gin made it much easier to have cotton ginned quickly.
• She learned how cotton was ginned in the old days by hand.