Thesaurus: tuft

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1. n. 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.
2. n. A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.
3. n. 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.
4. v. t. To separate into tufts.
5. v. t. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.
6. v. i. To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.
7. n. a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
8. n. a bunch of feathers or hair
9. n:100 n. a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass n. a bunch of feathers or hair