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tuft
[ tuhft ]
noun
- a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends.
- a cluster of short, fluffy threads, used to decorate cloth, as for a bedspread, robe, bath mat, or window curtain.
- a cluster of cut threads, used as a decorative finish attached to the tying or holding threads of mattresses, quilts, upholstery, etc.
- a covered or finished button designed for similar use.
- a cluster of short-stalked flowers, leaves, etc., growing from a common point.
- a small clump of bushes, trees, etc.
- a gold tassel on the cap formerly worn at English universities by titled undergraduates.
- a titled undergraduate at an English university.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
- to arrange in a tuft or tufts.
- Upholstery. to draw together (a cushion or the like) by passing a thread through at regular intervals, the depressions thus produced being usually ornamented with tufts or buttons.
verb (used without object)
- to form into or grow in a tuft or tufts.
tuft
/ ʌڳ /
noun
- a bunch of feathers, grass, hair, etc, held together at the base
- a cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress, a quilt, etc, to secure and strengthen the padding
- a small clump of trees or bushes
- (formerly) a gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities
- a person entitled to wear such a tassel
verb
- tr to provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts
- to form or be formed into tufts
- to secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc) with tufts
Derived Forms
- ˈٳܴڳٱ, noun
- ˈٳܴڳٲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ٳܴڳİ noun
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of tuft1
Example Sentences
And after the rains, some have already begun to leaf — welcome tufts of green to the charred landscape.
"He forgot the eyes at first, so we got him a carrot, put the nose on and he put some eyes on and gave it a little hair tuft," she explained.
In it is a tuft of Mason's hair and she then shows everyone his handprints, made following his death.
Then there are the changes that feel closer to a Cronenbergian freakout: curiously dense new tufts of back hair, slightly sharper teeth, a body count of dead critters each morning on the doorstep.
In 2001, there were only 62 mature Iberian lynx — medium-sized, mottled brown cats with characteristic pointed ears and a pair of beard-like tufts of facial hair — on the Iberian Peninsula.
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