tuft

n.

1. A short cluster of elongated strands, as of yarn, hair, or grass, attached at the base or growing close together.
2. A dense clump, especially of trees or bushes.

v., tuft·ed, tuft·ing, tufts.

v.tr.

1. To furnish or ornament with tufts or a tuft.
2. To pass threads through the layers of (a quilt, mattress, or upholstery), securing the thread ends with a knot or button.

v.intr.

1. To separate or form into tufts.
2. To grow in a tuft.

[Middle English, probably alteration of Old French tofe, from Late Latin tufa, helmet crest, or of Germanic origin.]

tufter tuft'er n.
tufty tuft'y adj.

n
toothbrush

Part of the toothbrush head, refers to the small, individual clusters of bristles that proceed from a single opening.

A small clump or cluster; a coil.

• t. cell — see caveolated cell.
• malpighian t. — renal glomerulus.

IN BRIEF: A bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass.

The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and with the brightest roses blushing in tufts all over the meadows. — William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)

Dansk (Danish)
n. - dusk, kvast, tot, fipskæg
v. tr. - adskille i kvaster, ordne i duske, sy kvaster i
v. intr. - ordne i duske

Nederlands (Dutch)
bos(je) haar of gras

Français (French)
n. - touffe
v. tr. - mettre/orner d'une touffe
v. intr. - séparer/former en touffes, pousser en touffes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Büschel, Kapillargefäßbündel
v. - büschelförmig anordnen, mit Büscheln schmücken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θύσανος, τούφα, φούντα, λοφίο
v. - στολίζω με φούντες, σχηματίζω φούντες/τούφες

Italiano (Italian)
ciocca, fascio, ornare di ciuffi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - molho (m), topete (m), penacho (m), moita (f)
v. - empenachar, tufar

Русский (Russian)
пучок травы, холмик, бородка "мочалка", локон

Español (Spanish)
n. - mechón, copete, penacho, mata
v. tr. - poner un penacho o una borla a, acolchar
v. intr. - tirar (de algo)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tofs, tott, test, knippe, kvast, klase, tuva, (vass)rugge, buskage, (liten) dunge
v. - pryda med en tofs, stoppa, växa i tofsar (tuvor etc.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
一丛, 一蔟, 丛生植物, 用丛毛装饰, 使分成簇, 形成一簇, 丛生

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一叢, 一蔟, 叢生植物
v. tr. - 用叢毛裝飾, 使分成簇
v. intr. - 形成一簇, 叢生

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (머리칼 등의) 술, 숲, 작은 언덕
v. tr. - 술을 달다, 술로 꿰매 붙이다
v. intr. - 술이 되다, 술이 되어 군생하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 房, 茂み, ふさ, 貴族学生
v. - ふさになる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خصله شعر, عنقود (فعل) يعنقد, يخصل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ציצית, גדיל, צרור, אצווה (שערות)‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה גדילים‬
v. intr. - ‮צמח באצוות‬

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