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tuft (tuft)

noun

  1. a bunch of hairs, feathers, grass, etc. growing closely together or attached at the base
  2. any similar cluster; specif.,
    1. a clump of plants or trees
    2. the fluffy ball forming the end of any of the clusters of threads drawn tightly through a mattress, quilt, etc. to hold the padding in place
    3. a decorative button to which such a tuft is fastened

Etymology: ME (with unhistoric -t) < OFr tufe, prob. < L tufa, a kind of helmet crest

transitive verb

  1. to provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts
  2. to secure the padding of (a quilt, mattress, etc.) by regularly spaced tufts

intransitive verb

to grow in or form into tufts

tuft Related Forms
tufter noun tufty adjective
tuft Synonyms

tuft

n.

tuft Usage Examples

Object

  • grass: Mastercard, Visa: Festuca glauca Elijah Blue Popular tufting blue grass which spreads over a period of time to 10 inch wide clumps.

Converse of object

  • leave: They leave a little tuft, at the back.
  • have: At almost any time of the year the red squirrel has ear tufts, not present in the gray.
  • form: As the mass grows it forms compact tufts that are collectively called a mycelium.

Preposition: at

  • end: Their long tail is covered in fur with a tuft at the end.
  • tip: There is a small black tuft at the tip.

Adjective modifier

  • thick: Red skin, green upturned nose, blue ears, one thick tuft of hair, dizzy face Ziggy.
  • black: The tail has a black small tuft at the end.
  • white: Their heads are gray to black with white tufts of fur on their ears.
  • little: He's even go that little tuft of hair at the front which he had a few years ago.
  • small: The tail has a black small tuft at the end.

Noun used with modifier

  • ear: At almost any time of the year the red squirrel has ear tufts, not present in the gray.
  • wool: Red. green and black wool yarn tufts are caught between the stitches on the deck, stem and stern.
  • grass: The caption continues: ' They wear tall grass hats decorated by pink grass tufts, and carry a number of sticks.

Preposition: of

  • grass: The platform itself also showed signs of many years of disuse, with tufts of grass growing from cracks.
  • fur: Their heads are gray to black with white tufts of fur on their ears.
  • feather: On each side of the disk is a tuft of red feathers.
  • wool: They look like small tufts of cotton wool leave a waxy mark on the leaf.
  • leave: In Spring, the pink flowers of Thrift emerge from dense tufts of leaves.

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