TUFT Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word tuft. (close relations)
Definition of TUFT
Best Alternative Words for TUFT
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ball | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games • United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989) • a solid projectile that is shot by a musket • an object with a spherical shape • one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens • a spherical object used as a plaything • a compact mass • a lavish dance requiring formal attire • a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass • a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs • a pitch that is not in the strike zone verb • form into a ball by winding or rolling • to live very well | ||||||||
bunch | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a grouping of a number of similar things • an informal body of friends • any collection in its entirety verb • form into a bunch • gather or cause to gather into a cluster | ||||||||
clump | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a grouping of a number of similar things • a compact mass • a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) verb • make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground • come together as in a cluster or flock • walk clumsily • gather or cause to gather into a cluster | ||||||||
cluster | nounn | |||||||
noun • a grouping of a number of similar things verb • come together as in a cluster or flock • gather or cause to gather into a cluster | ||||||||
coil | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops • a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) • a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine • a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb • tubing that is wound in a spiral • reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit verb • to wind or move in a spiral course • make without a potter's wheel • wind around something in coils or loops | ||||||||
hank | nounn | |||||||
noun • a coil of rope or wool or yarn | ||||||||
knot | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a tight cluster of people or things • any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object • a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged • (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour • something twisted and tight and swollen • soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design • a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere verb • make into knots; make knots out of • tie or fasten into a knot • tangle or complicate | ||||||||
lock | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed • a strand or cluster of hair • a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun • enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it • a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key • any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured verb • fasten with a lock • keep engaged • become rigid or immoveable • hold in a locking position • become engaged or intermeshed with one another • hold fast (in a certain state) • place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape • pass by means through a lock in a waterway • build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels | ||||||||
mass | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist • the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field • a musical setting for a Mass • (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent • a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite • an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) • a body of matter without definite shape • the common people generally • the property of something that is great in magnitude adjective satellite • formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole verb • join together into a mass or collect or form a mass | ||||||||
tangle | verbv | |||||||
noun • a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven • something jumbled or confused verb • force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action • tangle or complicate • disarrange or rumple; dishevel • twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | ||||||||
wisp | nounn | |||||||
noun • a small tuft or lock • a small person • a small bundle of straw or hay • a flock of snipe | ||||||||
tussock | nounn | |||||||
noun • a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass |