English dictionary
stuff
/st/@/f/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
ExamplesWheat is the stuff they use to make bread.
Synonyms materialSource: WordNet 3.0
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miscellaneous unspecified objects
ExamplesThe trunk was full of stuff.
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informal terms for personal possessions
Synonyms clobberSource: WordNet 3.0
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senseless talk
ExamplesDon't give me that stuff.
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unspecified qualities required to do or be something
ExamplesThe stuff of heros.
You don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine.
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information in some unspecified form
ExamplesIt was stuff I had heard before.
There's good stuff in that book.
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a critically important or characteristic component
ExamplesSuspense is the very stuff of narrative.
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Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.
Source: webster1913
verb
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cram into a cavity
ExamplesThe child stuffed candy into his pockets.
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press or force
ExamplesStuff money into an envelope.
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obstruct
ExamplesMy nose is all stuffed.
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overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
ExamplesShe stuffed herself at the dinner.
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treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
ExamplesStuff a bearskin.
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fill tightly with a material
ExamplesStuff a pillow with feathers.
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fill with a stuffing while cooking
ExamplesHave you stuffed the turkey yet?
Synonyms farceSource: WordNet 3.0
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To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to <i>stuff</i> a bedtick.
Source: webster1913
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To feed gluttonously; to cram.
Source: webster1913