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Meanings of tufted in English

(Of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination.

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(Of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts.

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Examples for "crested"
Examples for "crested"
1
Hathor crested a hill and saw a large group of Sumerians ahead.
Quest for honour
2
The overwhelming sea ran in dark watery mountains crested with devilish fire.
Hard Cash
3
For that split second, as I crested the fence, I was exposed.
Exit strategy
4
Across the railroad embankment it chopped the inundation into small crested waves.
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
5
The servant entered, bringing a note gorgeously crested and coroneted in gold.
Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
Usage of tufted in English
1
It consisted of straight trunks with tufted tops, in shape like parasols.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
2
At the time of its release, most chairs had tufted, upholstered seats.
Wired
3
Carefully they explored the bushes, and surveyed each clump of tufted trees.
Imogen: A Pastoral Romance
4
It lay leaden and dull, tufted with little white crests of foam.
The Splendid Folly
5
He pointed at a tufted leather couch behind a leather-topped coffee table.
The hellfire club
6
The sinuous tail, undulating slowly at its tufted extremity, whipped suddenly erect.
Tarzan the Untamed
7
His broad back and thin, tufted legs shone with dusky, golden colors.
The Cheerful Cricket and Others
8
Around this famous gambling resort grow aloes, orange trees, and tufted palms.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment
9
The tufted land, green with tints of the palest yellow, became hilly.
The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
10
Kick Off Your Shoes … And store them a gorgeous tufted ottoman.
Ebony
11
Loial opened his mouth twice, his tufted ears twitching, before he spoke.
To the blight: the eye of the world
12
A tufted arrow quivered in the bark not a foot from his head.
The Last Trail
13
It was the kraal of the old white-tufted Shangaan, as Shadrach learned afterwards.
Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases: Seventeen Short Stories
14
Every tufted copse and blooming grove resounded with the notes of hymeneal love.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8
15
Beyond, dunes tufted by brittle grasses led off in all directions.
Return of the Crimson Guard
16
And here stands the last crucifix, half buried, small and tufted with snow.
Twilight in Italy
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Tufted through the time
Tufted across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common