tuft
- Noun. A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
- Noun. A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
- Noun. A small clump of trees or bushes.
- Noun. (historical) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
- Noun. A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
- Verb. (transitive) To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
- Verb. (transitive) To form into tufts.
- Verb. (transitive) To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
- Verb. (intransitive) To be formed into tufts.
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