Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - tuft
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Tuft
tuft
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 together at the base and free at the opposite ends; especially a growing bunch of grasses or close-set plants b. a bunch of soft fluffy threads cut off short and used as ornament 2. clump, cluster 3. mound 4. any of the projections of yarns drawn through a fabric or making up a fabric so as to produce a surface of raised loops or cut pile • ~ed adjective • ~y adjective II. verb Date: 1535 transitive verb 1. a. to provide or adorn with a ~ b. to make (a fabric) of or with ~s 2. to make (as a mattress) firm by stitching at intervals and sewing on ~s intransitive verb to form into or grow in ~s • ~er noun
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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) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. пучок a tuft of grass —- пучок травы a tuft of feathers —- пучок перьев, хохолок a tuft of hair —- пучок волос, хохолок 2. зоол. бородка 3. бот. розетка 4. бородка клинышком, эспаньолка 5. группа деревьев, кустов; рощица; купа (деревьев) 6. холмик; курган the house was set high on a tuft of land —- дом стоял на вершине небольшого холма 7. ряд стежков (на одеяле, матраце) 8. унив. жарг. титулованный студент 9. ист. золотая кисточка (на головном уборе титулованного студента) 10. украшать хохолком 11. стегать (одеяло, матрац) 12. расти пучками 13. охот. поднимать (дичь) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) пучок 2) хохолок 3) эспаньолка 4) hist. золотая кисточка (на головном уборе титулованного студента) 5) титулованный студент 2. v. 1) стегать (одеяло, матрац и т.п.) 2) расти пучками ...Англо-русский словарь
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(tufts) A tuft of something such as hair or grass is a small amount of it which is growing together in one place or is held together at the bottom. He had a small tuft of hair on his chin. N-COUNT: oft N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a bunch of hair, feathers, grass etc growing or held closely together at their base (a few scrawny goats chewing at tufts of grass) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1387, perhaps from O.Fr. touffe, either from L.L. tufa "a kind of crest on a helmet" (also found in Late Gk. toupha), or from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. zopf, O.N. toppr "tuft, summit," see top (1)). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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