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tuft  (tft)
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.]

tufter n.
tufty adj.

tuft
Noun
a bunch of feathers, grass, hair, threads, etc., held together at the base [probably from Old French tufe]
tufted adj
tufty adj

Tuft a small cluster; a small group of trees.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tufttuft - a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
bunch, 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.tufttuft - 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

tuft
Translations
Spanish tuft [tʌft] nmechón m [of grass etc] → manojo
French tuft [tʌft] ntouffe f
German tuft [tʌft] nBüschel nt
Italian tuft [tʌft] nciuffo

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However, as he thought his court-suit necessary to the occasion, it was not for me tell him that he looked far better in his working dress; the rather, because I knew he made himself so dreadfully uncomfortable, entirely on my account, and that it was for me he pulled up his shirt-collar so very high behind, that it made the hair on the crown of his head stand up like a tuft of feathers.
A whiff of warm breath, a little soft tuft on its paw--: and immediately wert thou ready to love and lure it.
A tuft of green leaves waved upon his crest, a larger tuft of brakes made an umbrageous tail, and a shawl of many colours formed his flapping wings.
 
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