| Definitions | | tuft |
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noun
- A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
- A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
- A small clump of trees or bushes.
- (context, formerly) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
- A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
Translations: - Dutch: (t, nl, bosje, n), (t, nl, bomengroep, m)
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(trans-top, gold tassel)
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(trans-top, person wearing the tassel)
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- French: touffe
- Italian: cespo , ciuffo
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- Spanish: (italbrac, hair) mechón , nl(nl, feathers}} penacho , (t-)grass) manojo {{m
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(trans-top, cluster of threads)
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(trans-top, clump of trees)
verb
- (transitive) To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
- (transitive) To form into tufts.
- (transitive) To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
- (intransitive) To be formed into tufts.
Translations: - Dutch: (t, nl, bundelen)
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(trans-top, secure with tufts)
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(trans-top, be formed into tufts)
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