See tuft on Wiktionary
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"A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base."
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*þūbǭ",
"4": "",
"5": "tube"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þūbǭ (“tube”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "tūber",
"3": "",
"4": "hump, swelling"
},
"expansion": "Latin tūber (“hump, swelling”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "τῡ́φη",
"3": "",
"4": "cattail (used to stuff beds)"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek τῡ́φη (tū́phē, “cattail (used to stuff beds)”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English tuft, toft, tofte, an alteration of earlier *tuffe (> Modern English tuff), from Old French touffe, tuffe, toffe, tofe (“tuft”) (modern French touffe), from Late Latin tufa (“helmet crest”) (near Vegezio). Compare Old English þūf (“tuft”), Old Norse þúfa (“mound”), Swedish tuva (“tussock; grassy hillock”), Swedish tova (“tangled knot”), Swedish tofs (“tuft, tassel”), from Proto-Germanic *þūbǭ (“tube”), *þūbaz; akin to Latin tūber (“hump, swelling”), Ancient Greek τῡ́φη (tū́phē, “cattail (used to stuff beds)”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tufts",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "tufting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "tufted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "tufted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "tuft (third-person singular simple present tufts, present participle tufting, simple past and past participle tufted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:",
"text": "His tufted cottage rising through the snow",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts."
],
"links": [
[
"provide",
"provide"
],
[
"decorate",
"decorate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To form into tufts."
],
"links": [
[
"form",
"form"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To form into tufts."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2017 December 2, “The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!” (0:13 from the start), in DuckTales, season 1, episode 3:",
"text": "They're never gonna get that Ottoman tufted in time!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To be formed into tufts."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be formed into tufts."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/tʌft/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tuft.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tuft.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tuft.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tuft.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tuft.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌft"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "decorate",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
"word": "nukittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "strengthen",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
"word": "tuftata"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
"word": "infiocchettare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
"word": "ornare di ciuffi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
"word": "impennacchiare"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "form into tufts",
"word": "bundelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "form into tufts",
"word": "nukittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "form into tufts",
"word": "tuftata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "secure with tufts",
"word": "tuftata"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "secure with tufts",
"word": "trapuntare"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be formed into tufts",
"word": "takkuuntua"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be formed into tufts",
"word": "a forma di ciuffo"
}
],
"word": "tuft"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "remains after a beaver dam",
"word": "bjortuft"
},
{
"english": "place where a house has burnt down",
"word": "branntuft"
},
{
"word": "butuft"
},
{
"word": "ervetuft"
},
{
"word": "fjøstuft"
},
{
"word": "hustuft"
},
{
"word": "nausttuft"
},
{
"word": "stovetuft"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "non",
"3": "tupt"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse tupt",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*tumþiz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tumþiz",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "tomt"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of tomt",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "toft"
},
"expansion": "Faroese toft",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "tóft"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic tóft",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse tupt, topt, from Proto-Germanic *tumþiz and/or *tumftō. Doublet of tomt. Compare Faroese toft and Icelandic tóft.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tufta",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tufter",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tuftene",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tupt",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "túpt",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "toft",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "tøpt",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "tøft",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "typt",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "tyft",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "tofte"
},
{
"word": "tufte"
},
{
"word": "tuftekall"
},
{
"word": "tyfta"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "… der han sjølv heve Tufterna gravet\nog set sjølv sine Hus uppaa deim.\n… where he has dug the grounds\nand sets his houses on them.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"homestead, ground where a house stands"
],
"links": [
[
"homestead",
"homestead"
],
[
"ground",
"ground"
],
[
"house",
"house"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an earth floor"
],
"links": [
[
"earth floor",
"earth floor"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a plot (of land), site, (building) lot"
],
"links": [
[
"plot",
"plot"
],
[
"site",
"site"
],
[
"lot",
"lot"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/tʊft/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tomt"
}
],
"word": "tuft"
}
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