Tuft

[tʌft]

Definition

(noun.) a bunch of feathers or hair.

(noun.) a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass.

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Definition

(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.

(n.) A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.

(n.) 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.

(v. t.) To separate into tufts.

(v. t.) To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.

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

Editor: Ozzie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Knot, bunch.[2]. Cluster, group.[3]. Crest, plume, clump.[4]. (Bot.) Capitulum.

Edited by Elvis

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Bunch, cluster, knot, plume

Checker: Spenser

Definition

n. a green knoll: a grove clump.

n. a number of small things in a knot: a cluster: a dense head of flowers: (university slang) a titled undergraduate from the tuft or tassel in the cap: an imperial.—v.t. to separate into tufts: to adorn with tufts.—adjs. Tuft′ed Tuft′y.—ns. Tuft′-hunt′er one over-eager to form acquaintance with persons of rank or consequence: a mean hanger-on of the great; Tuft′-hunt′ing the practice of a tuft-hunter.

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