tuft

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.

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[Middle English, probably alteration of Old French tofe, from Late Latin tufa, helmet crest, or of Germanic origin.]

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tufter n.

tufty adj.

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tuft

Noun

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

tufted adj
tufty adj

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Tuft a small cluster; a small group of trees.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tuft - a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass tussock 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.	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

Translations

tuft [tʌft] n → mechón m [of grass etc] → manojo

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tuft [tʌft] n → touffe f

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tuft [tʌft] n → Büschel nt

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tuft [tʌft] n → ciuffo