Found 3 items, similar to tuft.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: tuft centung, gombak, gunjai
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tuft tuft n 1: a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass [syn: tussock] 2: a bunch of feathers or hair
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tuft Tuft \Tuft\, v. i. To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts. [1913 Webster] 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 tuft of flowers or feathers. [1913 Webster] 2. A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants. [1913 Webster] Under a tuft of shade. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Green lake, and cedar fuft, and spicy glade. --Keble. [1913 Webster] 3. A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them. [Cant, Eng.] [1913 Webster] Several young tufts, and others of the faster men. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster] 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]