tuft

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

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.

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verb

V_es/s

tufts

V_ing/Gerund

tufting

V_ed/pp

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. This hinders the stuffing from moving.
4.
(intransitive)To be formed into tufts.

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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 tūfa (helmet crest) (near Vegezio). Compare þūf tuft, þúfa mound, tuva, tova tangled knot, tofs, from Proto-Germanic *þūbǭ (tube), *þūbaz; akin to tūber,.