قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

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.

A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.

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.

To separate into tufts.

To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.

To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.