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TUFT Synonyms

There are 12 synonyms of the word tuft. (exact relations)
There are 5 hypernyms of the word tuft. (close relations)
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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

Best Hypernyms For TUFT

Here is a list of related hypernyms for tuft, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (5)
bunch clump cluster clustering crest

Alternatives for BALL

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