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Tuft- n. a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass

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Meaning of the name topping?

Topping is an English surname, probably meaning the son of Topp. "Topp" is an old word for crest of tuft. The first Topps no doubt lived on a topp.


What is the meaning of tuft?

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.


What is another word for small cluster of hair and feathers?

Tuft


What is the collective noun of tuft?

The collective noun 'tuft' is used for a tuft of grass or a tuft of fur.


What is the collective noun for tuft?

The noun 'tuft' is a collective noun for a 'tuft of grass'.


Where did the term 'cowlick' come from?

This English word was coined in the 1590s by combining 'cow' with 'lick', meaning, 'a tuft of hair that grows in a direction different from that of the rest of the hair'. So it comes from England.


Can you define the word tufted?

Turfted means to ornament or furnish with a tuft or tufts. A tuft is a short cluster of elongated strands that are attached at the base or growing close together.


What meaning of toupee?

A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair., A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.


When did Arne Tuft die?

Arne Tuft died in 1989.


When was Arne Tuft born?

Arne Tuft was born in 1911.


When was Riquet with the Tuft created?

Riquet with the Tuft was created in 1697.


Which Latin word means wispy?

A Roman would probably have used the word tenuis.The word "cirrus," used in English to describe wispy clouds, is from the Latin word cirrus, meaning "a tuft or curl [of hair]; a crest [of feathers]; a fringe [on clothing]." The corresponding Latin adjective is cirratus, "curly; fringed."