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# tuft

«tuft» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small bunch of hair, feathers, grass or threads growing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a tuft, tufts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tuft is a small bunch of hair, feathers, grass or threads growing or held close together at the bottom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuft/#m1)

2) Tufts are also the little bunches of thread on carpets or toothbrushes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuft/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons, tufts of grass grow in sand dunes and fields; some birds and cats (like the lynx) have tufts on their ears or heads. In stories, a tuft of hair may stick up on a character's head. Phrases: «a tuft of grass», «a tuft of hair», «ear tufts».

### examples

- A tuft of hair stuck up on the back of his head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuft/#x1)
- Rabbits nibbled the tufts of grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuft/#x2)
- The owl has tufts of feathers that look like ears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuft/#x3)
- A lynx has black tufts on its ears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuft/#x4)
- A tuft of fur was caught on the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuft/#x5)
- The toothbrush has rows of tufts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuft/#x6)
- Little tufts of grass grew between the stones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuft/#x7)
- "What's in a tuft of hair?" said he. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuft/#x8)

### note

Countable noun, plural tufts. Adjective: «tufted» (having tufts), as in «tufted duck». Not the same as «tough» (strong, hard), which sounds a bit similar.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tuft» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuft/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.