Tuft — Tuft, n. [Prov. E. tuff, F. touffe; of German origin; cf. G. zopf a weft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree. See {Top} summit.] 1. A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tuft|ed — «TUHF tihd», adjective. 1. furnished with a tuft or tufts: »a tufted quilt. 2. having a tuft of feathers on the head; crested. 3. formed into a tuft or tufts … Useful english dictionary
Tuft — Tuft, v. i. To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tuft — Tuft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tufted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tufting}.] 1. To separate into tufts. [1913 Webster] 2. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft. Thomson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tuft — bezeichnet ein textiles Verfahren, siehe Tufting Tuft ist der Nachname folgender Personen: Svein Tuft (* 1977), kanadischer Radrennfahrer Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung m … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tuft — es un apellido que puede hacer referencia a: Gabriel Tuft, luchador. Svein Tuft, ciclista profesional … Wikipedia Español
tuft — late 14c., perhaps from O.Fr. touffe tuft of hair, either from L.L. tufa a kind of crest on a helmet (also found in Late Gk. toupha), or from a Germanic source (Cf. O.H.G. zopf, O.N. toppr tuft, summit; see TOP (Cf. top) (1)) … Etymology dictionary
tuft — [tʌft] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: tufe] a bunch of hair, feathers, grass etc growing or held closely together at their base tuft of ▪ tufts of grass … Dictionary of contemporary English
tuft — [ tʌft ] noun count several individual pieces of grass, hair, feathers, or fibers that are all growing or joined together at the bottom end: tufts of reddish hair … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tuft — [n] clump of strands of something bunch, cluster, collection, cowlick, feathers, group, knot, plumage, ruff, shock, topknot, tussock; concepts 392,432,471 … New thesaurus
