"tuft" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tʌft/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tuft.wav Forms: tufts [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌft Etymology: 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)”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tuft}} Middle English tuft, {{der|en|fro|touffe}} Old French touffe, {{der|en|LL.|tufa||helmet crest}} Late Latin tufa (“helmet crest”), {{cog|ang|þūf||tuft}} Old English þūf (“tuft”), {{cog|non|þúfa||mound}} Old Norse þúfa (“mound”), {{cog|sv|tuva||tussock; grassy hillock}} Swedish tuva (“tussock; grassy hillock”), {{cog|sv|tova||tangled knot}} Swedish tova (“tangled knot”), {{cog|sv|tofs||tuft, tassel}} Swedish tofs (“tuft, tassel”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*þūbǭ||tube}} Proto-Germanic *þūbǭ (“tube”), {{cog|la|tūber||hump, swelling}} Latin tūber (“hump, swelling”), {{cog|grc|τῡ́φη||cattail (used to stuff beds)}} Ancient Greek τῡ́φη (tū́phē, “cattail (used to stuff beds)”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tuft (plural tufts)
  1. A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base. Translations (bunch): кичур (kičur) [masculine] (Bulgarian), floc [masculine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (liǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), pluk [masculine] (Dutch), bundel [masculine] (Dutch), tufo (Esperanto), töyhtö (Finnish), tupsu (Finnish), touffe [feminine] (French), guedello [masculine] (Galician), guecho [masculine] (Galician), caramiñola [feminine] (Galician), feixe [masculine] (Galician), gavela [feminine] (Galician), mostea [feminine] (Galician), topete [masculine] (Galician), Büschel [neuter] (German), Tuff [masculine] (German), fürt (english: hair) (Hungarian), csomó (english: grass) (Hungarian), tufo (Ido), dual [masculine] (Irish), dlaoi [feminine] (Irish), stoth [masculine] (Irish), cespo [masculine] (Italian), ciuffo [masculine] (Italian), ciocca (Italian), zolla [feminine] (Italian), torulus [neuter] (Latin), вр́зоп (vŕzop) [masculine] (Macedonian), пра́мен (prámen) (Macedonian), сноп (snop) [masculine] (Macedonian), ки́чер (kíčer) [figuratively, masculine] (Macedonian), pūrekireki (english: referring to sedge or reeds in a swamp) (Maori), puia (Maori), туг (tug) (Mongolian), toupet [masculine] (Norman), tun [masculine] (Norman), tus [masculine] (Norman), kępka [feminine] (Polish), tufo [masculine] (Portuguese), smoc [neuter] (Romanian), floc (Romanian), șuviță [feminine] (Romanian), пучо́к (pučók) (english: feathers, grass, hair) [masculine] (Russian), giummu [masculine] (Sicilian), pinnacchiu [masculine] (Sicilian), tuppu [masculine] (Sicilian), mechón (english: hair) [masculine] (Spanish), penacho (english: feathers) [masculine] (Spanish), manojo (english: grass) [masculine] (Spanish), haz (english: twigs) (Spanish), champa [feminine] (Spanish), tova (english: hair) [common-gender] (Swedish), tuva (english: grass) [common-gender] (Swedish), cudyn [masculine] (Welsh), twffyn [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding. Translations (cluster of threads): fiocco (Italian), rappa (Italian)
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  3. A small clump of trees or bushes. Translations (clump of trees): bosje [neuter] (Dutch), bomengroep [masculine] (Dutch), puska (Finnish), pusikko (Finnish), tom [masculine] (Irish), macchia d'alberi (Italian)
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  4. (historical) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities. Tags: historical Translations (gold tassel): (kultainen) tupsu (Finnish), nappina dorata (Italian)
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  5. (historical) A person entitled to wear such a tassel. Tags: historical Translations (person wearing the tassel): tupsulakki (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ear tuft, London tuft, scalping tuft, sulfur tuft, sulphur tuft, tufthunter, tufthunting, tuft-taffeta

Verb

IPA: /tʌft/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tuft.wav Forms: tufts [present, singular, third-person], tufting [participle, present], tufted [participle, past], tufted [past]
Rhymes: -ʌft Etymology: 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)”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tuft}} Middle English tuft, {{der|en|fro|touffe}} Old French touffe, {{der|en|LL.|tufa||helmet crest}} Late Latin tufa (“helmet crest”), {{cog|ang|þūf||tuft}} Old English þūf (“tuft”), {{cog|non|þúfa||mound}} Old Norse þúfa (“mound”), {{cog|sv|tuva||tussock; grassy hillock}} Swedish tuva (“tussock; grassy hillock”), {{cog|sv|tova||tangled knot}} Swedish tova (“tangled knot”), {{cog|sv|tofs||tuft, tassel}} Swedish tofs (“tuft, tassel”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*þūbǭ||tube}} Proto-Germanic *þūbǭ (“tube”), {{cog|la|tūber||hump, swelling}} Latin tūber (“hump, swelling”), {{cog|grc|τῡ́φη||cattail (used to stuff beds)}} Ancient Greek τῡ́φη (tū́phē, “cattail (used to stuff beds)”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tuft (third-person singular simple present tufts, present participle tufting, simple past and past participle tufted)
  1. (transitive) To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts. Tags: transitive Translations (provide or decorate with tufts): nukittaa (english: decorate) (Finnish), tuftata (english: strengthen) (Finnish), infiocchettare (Italian), ornare di ciuffi (Italian), impennacchiare (Italian)
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  2. (transitive) To form into tufts. Tags: transitive Translations (form into tufts): bundelen (Dutch), nukittaa (Finnish), tuftata (Finnish)
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  3. (transitive) To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving. Tags: transitive Translations (secure with tufts): tuftata (Finnish), trapuntare (Italian)
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  4. (intransitive) To be formed into tufts. Tags: intransitive Translations (be formed into tufts): takkuuntua (Finnish), a forma di ciuffo (Italian)
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Inflected forms

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      "word": "töyhtö"
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      "sense": "bunch",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "bunch",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bunch",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "bunch",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "feixe"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "bunch",
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      "code": "hu",
      "english": "grass",
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      "word": "csomó"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "pūrekireki"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "bunch",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "șuviță"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "bunch",
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      "word": "giummu"
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      "word": "pinnacchiu"
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      "sense": "bunch",
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      "word": "mechón"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "english": "feathers",
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      "sense": "bunch",
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      "code": "es",
      "english": "grass",
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      "sense": "bunch",
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      "code": "es",
      "english": "twigs",
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      "sense": "bunch",
      "word": "haz"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bunch",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "champa"
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      "code": "sv",
      "english": "hair",
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      "sense": "bunch",
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      "word": "tova"
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      "code": "sv",
      "english": "grass",
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      "sense": "bunch",
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      "sense": "bunch",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bunch",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "twffyn"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cluster of threads",
      "word": "fiocco"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cluster of threads",
      "word": "rappa"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "clump of trees",
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      "word": "bosje"
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      "sense": "clump of trees",
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      "word": "bomengroep"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "clump of trees",
      "word": "puska"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "clump of trees",
      "word": "pusikko"
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      "sense": "clump of trees",
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      "word": "tom"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "macchia d'alberi"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gold tassel",
      "word": "(kultainen) tupsu"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gold tassel",
      "word": "nappina dorata"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person wearing the tassel",
      "word": "tupsulakki"
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}

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        "(transitive) To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts."
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        "To form into tufts."
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        "(transitive) To form into tufts."
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        "To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving."
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        "(transitive) To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving."
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        "To be formed into tufts."
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        "(intransitive) To be formed into tufts."
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "decorate",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
      "word": "nukittaa"
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      "word": "tuftata"
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      "sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
      "word": "infiocchettare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
      "word": "ornare di ciuffi"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "provide or decorate with tufts",
      "word": "impennacchiare"
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      "sense": "form into tufts",
      "word": "bundelen"
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      "sense": "form into tufts",
      "word": "nukittaa"
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      "sense": "form into tufts",
      "word": "tuftata"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "secure with tufts",
      "word": "tuftata"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "secure with tufts",
      "word": "trapuntare"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be formed into tufts",
      "word": "takkuuntua"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be formed into tufts",
      "word": "a forma di ciuffo"
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}

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