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tuft
(tŭft)n.
1. A short cluster of elongated strands, as of yarn, hair, or grass, attached at the base or growing close together.
2. A dense clump, especially of trees or bushes.
v. tuft·ed, tuft·ing, tufts
v.tr.
1. To furnish or ornament with tufts or a tuft.
2. To pass threads through the layers of (a quilt, mattress, or upholstery), securing the thread ends with a knot or button.
v.intr.
1. To separate or form into tufts.
2. To grow in a tuft.
[Middle English, probably alteration of Old French tofe, from Late Latin tufa, helmet crest, or of Germanic origin.]
tuft′er n.
tuft′y adj.
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tufted
(ˈtʌftɪd)adj
1. having a tuft or tufts
2. (Botany) (of plants or plant parts) having or consisting of one or more groups of short branches all arising at the same level
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tuft•ed
(ˈtʌf tɪd)adj.
1. furnished or decorated with tufts.
2. formed into or growing in a tuft or tufts.
[1600–10]
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| Adj. | 1. | tufted - (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts ungregarious - (of plants) growing together in groups that are not close together |
| 2. |  tufted - having or adorned with tufts; "a tufted bedspread" | |
| 3. |  tufted - (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination; "golden crested"; "crested iris"; "crested oriole"; "tufted duck"; "tufted loosestrife" |
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Translations
ذو قُنْزَعَه
trsovitýv trsech
tottet
rojtos
brúskóttur, toppóttur
majúci strapcetrsovitý
öbek/demet hâlinde
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tufted
adj (Orn) → mit Federbusch; (Bot) → büschelförmig
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tuft
(taft) noun a small bunch or clump (of grass, hair, feathers etc). She sat down on a tuft of grass.
ˈtufted adjective having or growing in tufts. a tufted carpet; tufted grass.
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