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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tuft•ed (tuf′tid),USA pronunciation adj. - Anatomy, Botany, Zoologyfurnished or decorated with tufts.
- Anatomy, Botany, Zoologyformed into or growing in a tuft or tufts.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈtufted /ˈtʌftɪd/ adj - having a tuft or tufts
- (of plants or plant parts) having or consisting of one or more groups of short branches all arising at the same level
tuft /tʌft/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Anatomya cluster of small, straight but flexible parts, as hair, feathers, or leaves, close together at the base.
tuft•ed, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tuft (tuft),USA pronunciation n. - Anatomy, Zoologya 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.
- Clothinga cluster of short, fluffy threads, used to decorate cloth, as for a bedspread, robe, bath mat, or window curtain.
- Clothinga cluster of cut threads, used as a decorative finish attached to the tying or holding threads of mattresses, quilts, upholstery, etc.
- Botanya covered or finished button designed for similar use.
- Botanya cluster of short-stalked flowers, leaves, etc., growing from a common point.
- Clothinga small clump of bushes, trees, etc.
- Educationa gold tassel on the cap formerly worn at English universities by titled undergraduates.
- Educationa titled undergraduateat an English university.
v.t. - to furnish or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
- to arrange in a tuft or tufts.
- Furniture[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.
v.i. - to form into or grow in a tuft or tufts.
- ?; English parasitic t as in graft1
- Middle French tofe, toffe
- Middle English, variant of toft(e) 1350–1400
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