tuft
To provide or decorate with a tuft or tuftsTo provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
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» A tuft of hair showed from underneath her cap.
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(transitive)To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
(transitive)To form into tufts.
(transitive)To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving.
(intransitive)To be formed into tufts.
Examples
8 sentencesA tuft of hair showed from underneath her cap.
A tuft of hair was showing from under her hat.
deEin Haarbüschel schaute unter ihrem Hut heraus. — Esperantostern
A tuft of hair was showing from beneath her cap.
deEin Büschel Haare schaute unter ihrer Mütze heraus. — Esperantostern
The three-tufted, the cactus and the red-faced cannot live without increasing.
Tufts University is a very famous school in Boston.
Університет Тафтс — дуже відомий навчальний заклад у Бостоні. — Wordowl
ruУниверситет Тафтс — очень знаменитое учебное заведение в Бостоне. — FeuDRenais
deDie Tufts-Universität ist eine sehr berühmte Hochschule in Boston. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English tuft, toft, tofte, an alteration of earlier *tuffe (> Modern English tFrom Middle English tuft, toft, tofte, an alteration of earlier *tuffe (> Modern English tuff), from Old French touffe, tuffe, toffe, tofe (“tuft”) (modern French touffe), from Late Latin tūfa (“helmet crest”) (near Vegezio). Compare Old English þūf (“tuft”), Old Norse þúfa (“mound”), Swedish tuva (“tussock; grassy hillock”), Swedish tova (“tangled knot”), Swedish tofs (“tuft, tassel”), from Proto-Germanic *þūbǭ (“tube”), *þūbaz; akin to Latin tūber (“hump, swelling”), Ancient Greek τῡ́φη (tū́phē, “cattail (used to stuff beds)”).
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Forms
tufts, tufting, tufted, tuftedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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