Tuft meaning
A short cluster of elongated strands, as of yarn, hair, or grass, attached at the base or growing close together.
noun
A dense clump, especially of trees or bushes.
noun
To furnish or ornament with tufts or a tuft.
verb
To pass threads through the layers of (a quilt, mattress, or upholstery), securing the thread ends with a knot or button.
verb
To separate or form into tufts.
verb
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To grow in a tuft.
verb
A bunch of hairs, feathers, grass, etc. growing closely together or attached at the base.
noun
Any similar cluster.
- A clump of plants or trees.
- 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.
- A decorative button to which such a tuft is fastened.
noun
To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
verb
To secure the padding of (a quilt, mattress, etc.) by regularly spaced tufts.
verb
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To grow in or form into tufts.
verb
A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
noun
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To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
verb
(intransitive) To be formed into tufts.
verb
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Origin of tuft
- Middle English probably alteration of Old French tofe from Late Latin tufa helmet crest or of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English toft(e), from Middle French tofe, toffe 'tuft', from Late Latin (near Vegezio) tufa 'helmet crest', from Germanic (compare Old English ðūf 'tuft', Old Norse þúfa 'mound', Swedish tuva 'tussock, grassy hillock'), from Proto-Germanic *þūbÇ, *þūbaz; akin to Latin tÅ«ber 'hump, swelling', Ancient Greek typhÄ“ 'cattail (used to stuff beds)'.
From Wiktionary