Tuft

  • 21tuft — UK [tʌft] / US noun [countable] Word forms tuft : singular tuft plural tufts several individual pieces of grass, hair, feathers, or fibres that are all growing or joined together at the bottom end tufts of reddish hair …

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  • 22tuft — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, modification of Middle French touffe, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German zopf tip more at top Date: 14th century 1. a. a small cluster of elongated flexible outgrowths attached or close… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23Tuft — A tuft is a strip of yarn or string of varying length taped or glued to a surface as a technique for flow visualization. Tufts have been commonly used in aeronautics to study air flow direction, strength, and boundary layer properties. The world… …

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  • 24tuft — 1. noun /tʌft/ a) A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base. b) A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a …

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  • 25Tuft — This interesting and unusual name is of Old Scandinavian origin, and is either a locational or a topographical surname. If the former, the name derives from any one of the various places called Toft, in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and… …

    Surnames reference

  • 26tuft — noun a bunch of threads, grass, or hair, held or growing together at the base. ↘Anatomy & Zoology a bunch of small blood vessels or other small anatomical structures. verb 1》 provide with a tuft or tufts. 2》 Needlework strengthen (upholstery) by… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 27tuft —   Pūpū.     Tuft of dried ti leaves on octopus lure, pupua.     Tufted, moa …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 28tuft — keras statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Nuo pat žemės šakotas žolinių augalų individas. atitikmenys: angl. tuft rus. куст …

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  • 29tuft — n. & v. n. 1 a bunch or collection of threads, grass, feathers, hair, etc., held or growing together at the base. 2 Anat. a bunch of small blood vessels. v. 1 tr. provide with a tuft or tufts. 2 tr. make depressions at regular intervals in (a… …

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  • 30tuft·ed — /ˈtʌftəd/ adj : having a tuft or tufts The fox has large tufted ears …

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