ALL meanings of tuft
tuft
T t - noun tuft hair, fur: fluffy clump 1
- noun tuft 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. 1
- noun tuft a cluster of short, fluffy threads, used to decorate cloth, as for a bedspread, robe, bath mat, or window curtain. 1
- noun tuft a cluster of cut threads, used as a decorative finish attached to the tying or holding threads of mattresses, quilts, upholstery, etc. 1
- noun tuft a covered or finished button designed for similar use. 1
- noun tuft a cluster of short-stalked flowers, leaves, etc., growing from a common point. 1
- noun tuft a small clump of bushes, trees, etc. 1
- noun tuft a gold tassel on the cap formerly worn at English universities by titled undergraduates. 1
- noun tuft a titled undergraduateat an English university. 1
- verb with object tuft to furnish or decorate with a tuft or tufts. 1
- verb with object tuft to arrange in a tuft or tufts. 1
- verb with object tuft 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. 1
- verb without object tuft to form into or grow in a tuft or tufts. 1
- countable noun tuft A tuft of something such as hair or grass is a small amount of it which is growing together in one place or is held together at the bottom. 0
- noun tuft a bunch of feathers, grass, hair, etc, held together at the base 0
- noun tuft a cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress, a quilt, etc, to secure and strengthen the padding 0
- noun tuft a small clump of trees or bushes 0
- noun tuft (formerly) a gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities 0
- noun tuft a person entitled to wear such a tassel 0
- verb tuft to provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts 0
- verb tuft to form or be formed into tufts 0
- verb tuft to secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc) with tufts 0
- noun tuft a bunch of hairs, feathers, grass, etc. growing closely together or attached at the base 0
- noun tuft any similar cluster 0
- noun tuft a clump of plants or trees 0
- noun tuft the fluffy ball forming the end of any of the clusters of threads drawn tightly through a mattress, quilt, etc. to hold the padding in place 0
- noun tuft a decorative button to which such a tuft is fastened 0
- verb transitive tuft to secure the padding of (a quilt, mattress, etc.) by regularly spaced tufts 0
- intransitive verb tuft to grow in or form into tufts 0