Meaning of "tuft" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TUFT

Perhaps from Old French tufe, of Germanic origin; compare top1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TUFT

tuft  [tʌft]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUFT

Tuft is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tuft in English.

WHAT DOES TUFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tufting

Tufting is a type of textile weaving in which a thread is inserted on a primary base. It is an ancient technique for making warm garments, especially mittens. After the knitting is done, short U-shaped loops of extra yarn are introduced through the fabric from the outside so that their ends point inwards. Usually, the tuft yarns form a regular array of "dots" on the outside, sometimes in a contrasting color. On the inside, the tuft yarns may be tied for security, although they need not be. The ends of the tuft yarns are then frayed, so that they will subsequently felt, creating a dense, insulating layer within the knitted garment.

Definition of tuft in the English dictionary

The first definition of tuft in the dictionary is a bunch of feathers, grass, hair, etc, held together at the base. Other definition of tuft is a cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress, a quilt, etc, to secure and strengthen the padding. Tuft is also a small clump of trees or bushes.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TUFT

PRESENT

Present

I tuft

you tuft

he/she/it tufts

we tuft

you tuft

they tuft

Present continuous

I am tufting

you are tufting

he/she/it is tufting

we are tufting

you are tufting

they are tufting

Present perfect

I have tufted

you have tufted

he/she/it has tufted

we have tufted

you have tufted

they have tufted

Present perfect continuous

I have been tufting

you have been tufting

he/she/it has been tufting

we have been tufting

you have been tufting

they have been tufting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tufted

you tufted

he/she/it tufted

we tufted

you tufted

they tufted

Past continuous

I was tufting

you were tufting

he/she/it was tufting

we were tufting

you were tufting

they were tufting

Past perfect

I had tufted

you had tufted

he/she/it had tufted

we had tufted

you had tufted

they had tufted

Past perfect continuous

I had been tufting

you had been tufting

he/she/it had been tufting

we had been tufting

you had been tufting

they had been tufting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will tuft

you will tuft

he/she/it will tuft

we will tuft

you will tuft

they will tuft

Future continuous

I will be tufting

you will be tufting

he/she/it will be tufting

we will be tufting

you will be tufting

they will be tufting

Future perfect

I will have tufted

you will have tufted

he/she/it will have tufted

we will have tufted

you will have tufted

they will have tufted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been tufting

you will have been tufting

he/she/it will have been tufting

we will have been tufting

you will have been tufting

they will have been tufting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would tuft

you would tuft

he/she/it would tuft

we would tuft

you would tuft

they would tuft

Conditional continuous

I would be tufting

you would be tufting

he/she/it would be tufting

we would be tufting

you would be tufting

they would be tufting

Conditional perfect

I would have tuft

you would have tuft

he/she/it would have tuft

we would have tuft

you would have tuft

they would have tuft

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been tufting

you would have been tufting

he/she/it would have been tufting

we would have been tufting

you would have been tufting

they would have been tufting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you tuft
we let´s tuft
you tuft

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to tuft

Past participle

tufted

Present Participle

tufting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TUFT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tuft» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of tuft

bunch · clump · cluster · collection · knot · shock · topknot · tussock

TRANSLATION OF TUFT

Find out the translation of tuft to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tuft from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tuft» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 一簇
• Translator English - Spanish: penacho
• English: tuft
• Translator English - Hindi: गुच्छा
• Translator English - Arabic: خصل
• Translator English - Russian: пучок
• Translator English - Portuguese: tufo
• Translator English - Bengali: গোছা
• Translator English - French: touffe
• Translator English - Malay: Tuft
• Translator English - German: Büschel
• Translator English - Japanese: タフト
• Translator English - Korean: 술
• Translator English - Javanese: Tuft
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cụm
• Translator English - Tamil: குடுமி
• Translator English - Marathi: तुरा
• Translator English - Turkish: püskül
• Translator English - Italian: ciuffo
• Translator English - Polish: kępka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пучок
• Translator English - Romanian: smoc
• Translator English - Greek: τούφα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: klossie
• Translator English - Swedish: tuft
• Translator English - Norwegian: tuft

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUFT»

Discover the use of tuft in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tuft and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Surgical Anatomy of the Hand and Upper Extremity

Each has a base, a shaft, and distal tuft. Although the base and, to some degree, the shaft share similarities to the proximal and middle phalanges, the tuft is quite different in size and configuration. When compared with each other, the distal ...

James R. Doyle, 2003

Research Directions in Data and Applications Security

example, we will define a few necessary data structures that are required in the algorithm to implement this approach. Tuft -end -time is the variable that holds the time at which the current tuft must end. The variable Time -of -last -creation holds  ...

Ehud Gudes, Sujeet Shenoi, 2003

Ocular Inflammatory Disease

Highly Commended in the British Medical Association Book Awards 2007 This is a succinct and practical guide that provides a clear overview of ocular inflammatory diseases.

Jack J. Kanski, Carlos E. Pavésio, Stephen J. Tuft, 2006

Lippincott's Primary Care Musculoskeletal Radiology

CLINICAL POINTS • Tuft fractures are comminuted fractures of the distal phalanx. • The most common cause of these fractures is a crush injury. • Dislocations are more common at the proximal inter- phalangeal joint and relatively rare at the ...

George M. Bridgeforth, 2012

ASSH Manual of Hand Surgery

A. Tuft fractures can be classified as either simple (single fracture line) or comminuted (multiple fracture planes). ... Tuft fractures that involve an open wound do not require any antibiotics and can be treated with aggressive debridement alone.

Warren C. Hammert, David J. Bozentka, Martin I. Boyer, 2010

A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

M. E. tuft, but the final t is excrescent ; prov. E. tuff, a tuft,- F touffe, a tuft or lock of hair, -Swed. dial, tuppa, a tuft, fringe; Icel. toppr, a top, tuft, or lock of hair ; M. Dn, top, a tuft ; G. zcff. Щ W. twff is borrowed from E,, and preserves the correct form.

Walter W. Skeat, Walter William Skeat, 2005

Dendritic Neurotransmitter Release and Its Modulation in ...

2.4.4 Mitral cell hyperpolarization blocks inhibition associated with tuft spikes If local, stimulus-evoked calcium transients in tufts are responsible for a substantial portion of somatically recorded inhibition, then manipulations that affect tuft spike  ...

Jason Brian Castro, 2008

The Robert Frost Encyclopedia

376 "TUFT OF FLOWERS, THE" virtue of someone else's reading it, one of the poem's themes was enacted: a second party celebrating and sharing an object — a poem or "tuft of flowers" — written or left by a first party. The result was the ...

Nancy Lewis Tuten, John Zubizarreta, 2001

Mosquitoes of North America (north of Mexico)

248 Siphon lacking subdorsal hair tufts (one small paired subdorsal tuft present in A. bicristatus) 22 22 (21). Siphon with a small multiple lateral tuft inserted before the siphonal tuft bicristatus T. and W., p. 156 Siphon lacking a small lateral tuft ...

Stanley J. Carpenter, Walter J. LaCasse, 1974

Introduction to Nonwovens Technology

Contacts developed between some fibers in the tuft, and elements of the clothing B engender forces P, which oppose motion of the tuft relative to B. This tends to act as a brake on the movement of the tuft. These forces are directed to the left.

Subhash Kumar Batra, Behnam Pourdeyhimi, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUFT»

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Feedback on Tuft and Needle is all good

Dear Mary: You recently had an interesting discussion on mattresses that mentioned the Tuft & Needle mattress. Did you get any further feedback/information on ... «The Star Democrat, Jul 15»

Tuft as nails: Peloton's toughest man saved by water bottles

The Tour de France's first week has been brutal, especially for the Orica-GreenEdge team, but Svein Tuft has pushed through it with his characteristic grit. «velonews.competitor.com, Jul 15»

TUFT event will fund animal rescue kits

TUFT has become synonymous with the Stuff the Hummers Toy Drive and Parade that has collected more than 30,000 toys and 850 new bikes as well as ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jun 15»

Two hurt, one seriously, in stabbing at Tufts fraternity

SOMERVILLE — Police questioned a Tufts University student Sunday as a “person of interest” in an overnight stabbing of two Boston men at a fraternity, which ... «Boston Globe, May 15»

Madeleine Albright to Grads: The World Needs You

I want to begin by thanking Tufts very, very much for this honorary degree. And I know I speak for my fellow honorees in saying how grateful we all are, and I am ... «TIME, May 15»

Injured Tuft heartbroken not to start Giro d'Italia

Exactly one year ago on May 9 Svein Tuft celebrated his 37th birthday in the maglia rosa after Orica-GreenEdge won the Giro d'Italia's opening team time trial in ... «Cyclingnews.com, May 15»

Chester couple win £1m on EuroMillions draw

A couple from Chester are celebrating after scooping more than £1 million on the EuroMillions Mega Friday draw. And now Trish and Craig Tuft, who live in the ... «ChesterChronicle.co.uk, Apr 15»

Ex-CBN depty Gov., Moghalu, appointed professor at Tuft University

Former Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stability of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, has been appointed a professor at Tuft University's ... «Premium Times, Feb 15»

Tuft & Needle to open its first retail store

Tuft & Needle, a Phoenix-based online mattress manufacture and retailer, signed a lease for its first retail space. In December, the company opened up a ... «Phoenix Business Journal, Feb 15»

Tyler Reks Talks Incident With John Cena And Cena's Reaction …

I recently spoke with former WWE star Gabe Tuft, f.k.a. Tyler Reks. In the first part of the interview below, Reks talked about breaking into the business, if he was ... «Wrestling Inc., Nov 14»