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Definition of Tuft
1. Noun. A bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass.
Generic synonyms: Bunch, Clump, Cluster, Clustering
Specialized synonyms: Wisp, Hexenbesen, Staghead, Witch Broom, Witches' Broom, Coma
2. Noun. A bunch of feathers or hair.
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. 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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