tuft
tuft Lexical Profile
tuft Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A bunch or collection of threads, grass, hair, or feathers, held or growing closely together at the base and loose at the upper end.
"A small tuft of green grass grew stubbornly through a crack in the pavement."
• verb
To secure and strengthen the padding of a mattress, cushion, or upholstered furniture by passing threads through it at regular intervals and tying them tightly to create depressions.
"The upholsterer used matching velvet buttons to tuft the back of the armchair."
To furnish, cover, or adorn with small clusters or bunches of hair, feathers, or fibers.
"Soft mosses and wild ferns tuft the rocky banks of the mountain stream."
• Rhymes for tuft
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English toft or tuft, borrowed from Old French tofe ('a tuft of hair, crest'), which is likely of Germanic origin and related to Old Norse toppr ('top, tuft of hair').