tuft

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see also: Tuft

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʌft/

Noun

tuft (plural tufts)

1. A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
2. A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
3. A small clump of trees or bushes.
4. (historical) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
5. (historical) A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
   • T. Hughes

     Several young tufts, and others of the faster men.

Translations

• French: touffe
• German: Büschel, Tuff
• Italian: cespo, ciuffo, ciocca, zolla
• Portuguese: tufo
• Russian: (feathers, grass, hair) пучо́к
• Spanish: mechón (hair), penacho (feathers), manojo (grass), haz (twigs), champa

Translations

• Italian: fiocco, rappa

Translations

• Italian: macchia d'alberi

Translations

• Italian: nappina dorata

Verb

tuft (tufts, present participle tufting; past and past participle tufted)

1. (transitive) To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
2. (transitive) To form into tufts.
3. (transitive) To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
4. (intransitive) To be formed into tufts.

Translations

• Italian: infiocchettare, ornare di ciuffi, impennacchiare

Translations

• Italian: trapuntare

Translations

• Italian: a forma di ciuffo

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Tuft

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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