1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.
3. Noun
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.
4. Verb
To separate into tufts.
5. Verb
To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.
6. Verb
To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.
7. Noun
a bunch of feathers or hair
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
8. Noun
a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
Vocabulary classified under Research methods
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