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Definition of Tuft

1. Noun. A bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass.

Definition of Tuft

1. n. 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. v. t. To separate into tufts.

3. v. i. To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.

Definition of Tuft

1. Noun. A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base. ¹

2. Noun. A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding. ¹

3. Noun. A small clump of trees or bushes. ¹

4. Noun. (historical) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities. ¹

5. Noun. A person entitled to wear such a tassel. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To form into tufts. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive) To be formed into tufts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tuft

1. to form into tufts (clusters of flexible outgrowths attached at the base) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Tuft

1. 1. 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. A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants. "Under a tuft of shade." (Milton) "Green lake, and cedar fuft, and spicy glade." (Keble) 3. 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. "Several young tufts, and others of the faster men." (T. Hughes) Origin: Prov. E. Tuff, F. Touffe; of German origin; cf. G. Zopf a weft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree. See Top summit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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