tuft

Meanings

1. 1
   noun A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
2. 2
   noun A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
3. 3
   noun A small clump of trees or bushes.
4. 4
   noun A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
5. 5
   noun A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
6. 6
   verb To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
7. 7
   verb To form into tufts.
8. 8
   verb To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
9. 9
   verb To be formed into tufts.