Definitions of Tuft [ʌft]

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Definition of 'Tuft'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) tuft
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.  tuft
a cluster of cut threads used decoratively on garments, upholstery, curtains, mattresses, etc.

3.  tuft
a small clump of bushes, trees, etc.

4. (v.t.) tuft
to furnish or decorate with a tuft or tufts.

5.  tuft
to arrange in a tuft or tufts.

6.  tuft
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.

7. (v.i.) tuft
to form into or grow in a tuft or tufts.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME, var. of toft(e) < MF tofe, toffe, of uncert. orig.; E parasitic t as in graft¹)

Definition of 'Tuft'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) tuft, tussock
a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass

2. (noun) tuft
a bunch of feathers or hair

Definition of 'Tuft'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) tuft
next/last Tuesday
a number of hairs, grasses, etc. growing close together
a baby with a few tufts of hair

Definition of 'Tuft'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Tuft
a collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers

2. (noun) Tuft
a cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants

3. (noun) Tuft
a nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them

4. (verb) Tuft
to separate into tufts

5. (verb) Tuft
to adorn with tufts or with a tuft

6. (verb) Tuft
to grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts

Translation of 'Tuft'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small bunch or clump (of grass, hair, feathers etc) She sat down on a tuft of grass.
Afrikaans: pluim	Arabic: خُصْلَه	Bulgarian: туфа
Brazilian: moita / tufo	Czech: trs	German: das Büschel
Danish: tot	Greek: θύσανος, τούφα	Spanish: mata, (pelo) mechón
Estonian: mätas, tutt	Farsi: دسته؛ کاکل	Finnish: tukko
French: touffe	Hebrew: צִיצָה	Hindi: पंखों घास बालों आदि का गु
Croatian: pramen, busen	Hungarian: (fű-, haj- stb.) csomó	Indonesian: rumpun, berkas
Icelandic: brúskur, skúfur, toppur	Italian: ciuffo	Japanese: ふさ
Korean: 수풀	Lithuanian: kuokštas	Latvian: kušķītis
Malay: jambak	Dutch: bosje	Norwegian: dott, tjafs, topp, grastu
Polish: kępa	Persian: دسته؛ کاکل	Pashto: کاکل
Portuguese: tufo	Romanian: smoc	Russian: пучок
Slovak: trs; chlp, chumáč	Slovenian: šop	Serbian: busen
Swedish: tofs, tott, knippe, tuva,	Thai: ปอยผม	Turkish: tutam, demet
Taiwanese: 一簇	Ukrainian: чубок; пучок; жмуток	Urdu: گھچا
Vietnamese: búi, chòm	Chinese: 一簇
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