tufted
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Definition
Adjective 1. Having a tuft or cluster of hairs, feathers, or other filaments: Describes something, especially an animal or bird, that has a distinct, often ornamental, bunch or clump growing from a particular point, typically the head. 2. Adorned with or forming a tuft: Describes an object that is decorated with or consists of a tuft-like feature. 3. (Of plants) growing in dense, compact clumps: Describes plants that grow in tight, bunched formations resembling tufts.
Examples of Usage
- Describing animals/birds:
- The tufted titmouse is easily identified by the pointed crest of gray feathers on its head.
- We saw a tufted duck with its distinctive drooping crest.
- Describing objects:
- She preferred the luxurious feel of the tufted leather headboard.
- The antique chair had a tufted velvet seat.
- Describing plants/growth:
- Tufted hairgrass forms neat, dense clumps in the meadow.
- The field was covered in tufted moss.
Advanced Usage
- In combination: Often used in combination to form the common names of species, e.g., tufted puffin, tufted deer, tufted saxifrage.
- In manufacturing/design: Frequently used to describe a specific upholstery technique where fabric is pulled and secured at intervals with buttons or stitches, creating a surface of soft depressions and tufts.
Variants and Related Words
- Tuft (noun): A bunch or collection of threads, grass, hair, etc., held or growing together at the base.
- A tuft of wool was caught on the fence.
- Tuft (verb): To provide or adorn with a tuft or tufts.
- The artisan will tuft the cushion by hand.
Synonyms
- Crested
- Tasseled
- Clumped
- Bunched
Antonyms
- Smooth
- Unadorned
- Sparse
Adjective
- (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination
- golden crested
- crested iris
- crested oriole
- tufted duck
- tufted loosestrife
- having or adorned with tufts
- a tufted bedspread
- (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts