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Definitions for Tuft

[1] a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends.
[2] a cluster of short, fluffy threads, used to decorate cloth, as for a bedspread, robe, bath mat, or window curtain.
[3] a cluster of cut threads, used as a decorative finish attached to the tying or holding threads of mattresses, quilts, upholstery, etc.
[4] a covered or finished button designed for similar use.
[5] a cluster of short-stalked flowers, leaves, etc., growing from a common point.
[6] a small clump of bushes, trees, etc.
[7] a gold tassel on the cap formerly worn at English universities by titled undergraduates.
[8] a titled undergraduateat an English university.
[9] to furnish or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
[10] to arrange in a tuft or tufts.
[11] Upholstery . to draw together (a cushion or the like) by passing a thread through at regular intervals, the depressions thus produced being usually ornamented with tufts or buttons.
[12] to form into or grow in a tuft or tufts.
[13] a bunch of feathers, grass, hair, etc, held together at the base
[14] a cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress, a quilt, etc, to secure and strengthen the padding
[15] a small clump of trees or bushes
[16] (formerly) a gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities
[17] a person entitled to wear such a tassel
[18] (tr) to provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts
[19] to form or be formed into tufts
[20] to secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc) with tufts

Words related to Tuft

group, shock, collection, cluster, knot, bunch, cowlick, topknot, feathers, ruff, plumage, tussock

Words nearby Tuft

tuf, tufa, tuff, tuffet, tuffstone body, tuft, tufted, tufted cell, tufted deer, tufted duck, tufted titmouse

Origin of Tuft

1350–1400; Middle English, variant of toft(e ) < Middle French tofe, toffe < ?; E parasitic t as in graft1

Other words from Tuft

tuft·er , noun

Word origin for Tuft

C14: perhaps from Old French tufe , of Germanic origin; compare top 1

Synonyms for Tuft

bunch, cluster, collection, cowlick, feathers, group, knot, plumage, ruff, shock, topknot, tussock