Synonym: bunch, clump, cluster, group. Similar words: luftwaffe, tuff, stuff, stuffy, stuffed, hot stuff, stuffing, foodstuff. Meaning: [tʌft]
n. 1. a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass 2. a bunch of feathers or hair.
1 Fear ambush at every tree and tuft of grass.
2 She combed a tuft of her hair up with her hand, which hooded her eye.
3 He had a small tuft of hair on his chin.
4 She moved along the heath, and from a tuft of darkness something came out and stood in her way.
5 The plant forms a dense, tall tuft, capable of withstanding plenty of disturbance in the tank.
6 A tuft of gray hair protruded from beneath her knit hat.
7 Thoughtfully, Hera pulled a tuft of clover from the ground and offered it.
8 A tiny tuft of red hair poked out from under her scarf.
9 Tuft denies Catania's contentions, although he concedes the company borrows heavily and is not highly profitable.
10 A tuft of hair or feathers.
11 A tuft of hair on such a projection.
12 She sat down on a tuft of grass.
13 A lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel.
14 We saw a rabbit on a tuft of grass.
15 This synthetic tuft carpet is made by hand.
16 This stage produced a tuft of barbs fused to the hollow cylinder,[Sentencedict.com] or calamus.
17 But at this moment Winston noticed some tufts of loosestrife growing in the cracks of the cliff beneath them. One tuft was of two colours, magenta and brick-red, apparently growing on the same root.
18 He may pitch on some tuft of lilacs over a river.
19 The gray-brown tuft of a tail has the screwed-tight appearance of a taut knot.
20 Indian macaque with a bonnet - like tuft of hair.
21 Under a tuft of jet-black hair over his forehead they could see a curiously shaped cut,[www.Sentencedict.com] like a bolt of lightning.
22 The head, if that's what it is, is crowned with a tuft of rubbery antennae serving various functions.
23 He did not wait for an answer, thrust the radio into a tuft of grass six inches from his face.
24 The rider wore a gilded Grecian helmet that was crested with black and red wool and plumed with a white tuft.
25 Its roots are short but very dense, forming a rich white tuft.
26 Harper said it was very dark, so he lit a tuft of hay with a match.
27 Hair seems to be well-nigh everlasting, and so discovery of a tuft or two does not guarantee recent activity.
28 Any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing a tuft of flagella.
29 Among the creeping buttercup, cleavers, bindweed and ground elder emerged long-necked and peony poppies, blackberry, columbine, and a wild grass tuft of particular appeal to our cat.
30 Zhang Liao ducked, and arrow pierced his helmet, shooting away its ornamental tuft.