Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Abounding in tufts or knots.
  • Growing in tufts.
  • Abounding in tufts; wooded.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Abounding with tufts.
  • adjective Growing in tufts or clusters.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK the tufted duck.
  • adjective Of resemblance to a tuft

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Examples

  • “Ladies and gentlemen!” called the tufty-haired wizard.

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • The hair upon other large bears (the polar excepted) is what may be termed "tufty," and their forms are different, being generally more uncouth and "chunkier."

    The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Mayne Reid 1850

  • Rushing streams overflow their banks in summer, watering the meadows where a young Lev Tolstoy wandered, botanical primer in hand, picking out the . . . red, white, and pink scented tufty clover; milk-white ox-eye daisies with their bright yellow centers and pleasant spicy smell; yellow honey-scented rape blossoms; tall campanulas with white and lilac bells, tulip-shaped; creeping vetch . . .

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • He is a sweet, tufty dark brown and as leggy as my lanky boy.

    Horse riding in Ashdown Forest 2011

  • Between Healey and Dawn Porter, they've covered every aspect of the journey, from tufty teen to swaggering adult.

    What have Cherry Healey and Dawn Porter taught us? 2011

  • Rushing streams overflow their banks in summer, watering the meadows where a young Lev Tolstoy wandered, botanical primer in hand, picking out the . . . red, white, and pink scented tufty clover; milk-white ox-eye daisies with their bright yellow centers and pleasant spicy smell; yellow honey-scented rape blossoms; tall campanulas with white and lilac bells, tulip-shaped; creeping vetch . . .

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • It's now a little more tufty than these images would suggest.

    Detroit Tigers v Texas Rangers - live! | Steve Busfield 2011

  • Rushing streams overflow their banks in summer, watering the meadows where a young Lev Tolstoy wandered, botanical primer in hand, picking out the . . . red, white, and pink scented tufty clover; milk-white ox-eye daisies with their bright yellow centers and pleasant spicy smell; yellow honey-scented rape blossoms; tall campanulas with white and lilac bells, tulip-shaped; creeping vetch . . .

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Carl Kleiner's new book of Ikea photography does for kitchenware what Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo did for vegetables in his weird portraits of men with bulging onion cheeks and tufty carrot beards.

    Skye Sherwin: A Good Look 2012

  • Rushing streams overflow their banks in summer, watering the meadows where a young Lev Tolstoy wandered, botanical primer in hand, picking out the . . . red, white, and pink scented tufty clover; milk-white ox-eye daisies with their bright yellow centers and pleasant spicy smell; yellow honey-scented rape blossoms; tall campanulas with white and lilac bells, tulip-shaped; creeping vetch . . .

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

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