TUFT


Meaning of TUFT in English

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 mattress etc.) by passing a thread through.

3 intr. grow in tufts.

Derivatives:

tufty adj.

Etymology: ME, prob. f. OF tofe, toffe, of unkn. orig.: for -t cf. GRAFT(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.