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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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tuft
(tʌft)n
1. a bunch of feathers, grass, hair, etc, held together at the base
2. (Knitting & Sewing) a cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress, a quilt, etc, to secure and strengthen the padding
3. (Forestry) a small clump of trees or bushes
4. (Historical Terms) (formerly) a gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities
5. (Historical Terms) a person entitled to wear such a tassel
vb
6. (tr) to provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts
7. to form or be formed into tufts
8. (Knitting & Sewing) to secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc) with tufts
[C14: perhaps from Old French tufe, of Germanic origin; compare top1]
ˈtufter n
ˈtufty adj
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tuft
(tʌft)n.
1. a bunch or cluster of small, usu. upright but flexible parts, as hair, feathers, flowers, or leaves, that are attached or close together at the base.
2. a cluster of cut threads used decoratively on garments, upholstery, curtains, mattresses, etc.
3. a small clump of bushes, trees, etc.
v.t. 4. to furnish or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
5. to arrange in a tuft or tufts.
6. to draw together (a cushion, mattress, etc.) by passing a thread through at regular intervals, the depressions thus produced usu. being ornamented with tufts or buttons.
v.i. 7. to form into or grow in a tuft or tufts.
[1350–1400; Middle English, variant of toft(e) < Middle French tofe, toffe, of uncertain orig.; E parasitic t as in graft1]
tuft′er, n.
tuft′y, adj. tuft•i•er, tuft•i•est.
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Tuft
a small cluster; a small group of trees.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
tuft
Past participle: tufted
Gerund: tufting
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| Noun | 1. |  tuft - a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grassbunch, clump, cluster, clustering - a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" wisp - a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair" hexenbesen, staghead, witch broom, witches' broom - an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance coma - (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds) |
| 2. |  tuft - a bunch of feathers or hair crest - a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal |
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tuft
noun clump, bunch, shock, collection, knot, cluster, tussock, topknot He had a small tuft of hair on his chin.
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Translations
خُصْلَه
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tot
brúskur, skúfur, toppur
augantis kuokštaiskuokštuotas
kušķītis
šop
tuft
[tʌft] N [of hair] → copete m, mechón m; [of grass] → mata f; [of feathers] → cresta f; (on top of head) → copete m; (on helmet) → penacho mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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tuft
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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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tuft
n. penacho, copete.
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