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Stuff

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Noun

1. material, stuff

the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

Example Sentences:
'coal is a hard black material'
'wheat is the stuff they use to make bread'

2. stuff

miscellaneous unspecified objects

Example Sentences:
'the trunk was full of stuff'

3. clobber, stuff

informal terms for personal possessions

Example Sentences:
'did you take all your clobber?'

4. hooey, poppycock, stuff, stuff and nonsense

senseless talk

Example Sentences:
'don't give me that stuff'

5. stuff

unspecified qualities required to do or be something

Example Sentences:
'the stuff of heros'
'you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine'

6. stuff

information in some unspecified form

Example Sentences:
'it was stuff I had heard before'
'there's good stuff in that book'

7. stuff

a critically important or characteristic component

Example Sentences:
'suspense is the very stuff of narrative'

Verb

8. stuff

cram into a cavity

Example Sentences:
'The child stuffed candy into his pockets'

9. shove, squeeze, stuff, thrust

press or force

Example Sentences:
'Stuff money into an envelope'
'She thrust the letter into his hand'

10. block, choke up, lug, stuff

obstruct

Example Sentences:
'My nose is all stuffed'
'Her arteries are blocked'

11. binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff

overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

Example Sentences:
'She stuffed herself at the dinner'
'The kids binged on ice cream'

12. stuff

treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting

Example Sentences:
'stuff a bearskin'

13. stuff

fill tightly with a material

Example Sentences:
'stuff a pillow with feathers'

14. farce, stuff

fill with a stuffing while cooking

Example Sentences:
'Have you stuffed the turkey yet?'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Stuff

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verb (mainly tr)
1. 
to pack or fill completely; cram
2. (intransitive)
to eat large quantities
3. 
to force, shove, or squeeze
to stuff money into a pocket
4. 
to fill (food such as poultry or tomatoes) with a stuffing
5. 
to fill (an animal's skin) with material so as to restore the shape of the live animal
6. vulgar, slang
to have sexual intercourse with (a woman)
7. tanning
to treat (an animal skin or hide) with grease
8. US and Canadian
to fill (a ballot box) with a large number of fraudulent votes
9. 
(in marine transport) to pack (a container)
See also stuffing and stripping
10. slang
to ruin, frustrate, or defeat
noun
11. 
the raw material or fabric of something
12. 
woollen cloth or fabric
13. 
any general or unspecified substance or accumulation of objects
14. 
stupid or worthless actions, speech, ideas, etc
15. 
subject matter, skill, etc
he knows his stuff
16.  a slang word for money
17. slang
a drug, esp cannabis
18. British offensive, slang
a girl or woman considered sexually (esp in the phrase bit of stuff)
19.  do one's stuff
20.  that's the stuff

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Stuff

see synonyms of stuff
noun
1. 
the material or substance out of which anything is or can be made; raw material
2. 
constituent elements or basic nature; essence; character
a man made of stern stuff
3. 
matter or substance of an unspecified or generalized kind
4. 
cloth, esp. woolen cloth
5. 
a. 
household goods
b. 
personal belongings
c. 
things in general; objects
d. 
things grouped together or viewed in a certain way
6. 
something to be drunk, swallowed, etc.
; specif.,
a. 
a medicine
b.  US, Slang
a drug, as heroin
7. 
worthless objects; refuse; junk
8. 
a. 
anything said, done, written, composed, etc.; talk or action of a specified kind
b. 
foolish or worthless ideas, words, actions, etc.
stuff and nonsense!
9.  Informal
a. 
basic ability; capability
b. 
superior ability; exceptional capability
c.  US
special skill or knowledge; specialty
to do or know one's stuff
10.  US, Informal
a. 
ability of a baseball pitcher, billiards player, etc. to control the ball, esp. to make it curve or spin
b. 
such control, or speed, a curve, spin, etc. given to a ball
11.  US, Basketball; Slang
a dunk shot
verb transitive
12. 
to fill the inside of (something); pack
; specif.,
a. 
to fill (a cushion, chair, toy, etc.) with padding or stuffing
b. 
to fill the skin of (a dead animal, bird, etc.) in taxidermy
c. 
to fill (a chicken, turkey, etc.) with seasoning, bread crumbs, etc. before roasting
13. 
a. 
to fill too full; cram; overload
b. 
to fill to excess with food
14. 
to pack, cram, or crowd (something) into a container, etc.
15. 
to fill with information, ideas, etc.
to stuff one's head with facts
16.  US
to put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box)
17. 
a. 
to plug; block
b. 
to choke up or stop up, as with phlegm
18. 
to force or push
to stuff money into a wallet
19. 
to treat (leather) with a preparation designed to soften and preserve it
20.  Basketball; Slang
to dunk (a basketball)
21.  American Football
to stop, often overwhelmingly, (a runner, team, etc.) for little or no yardage
verb intransitive
22. 
to eat too much or too quickly

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Stuff

see synonyms of stuff
n.
1. The material out of which something is made or formed; substance.
2. The essential substance or elements; essence: "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on" (Shakespeare).
3. Informal
a. Unspecified material: Put that stuff over there.
b. Household or personal articles considered as a group.
c. Worthless objects.
4. Slang Specific talk or actions: Don't give me that stuff about being tired.
5. Sports
a. The control a player has over a ball, especially to give it spin, english, curve, or speed.
b. The spin, english, curve, or speed imparted to a ball: "where we could watch the stuff, mainly curves, that the pitchers were putting on the ball" (James Henry Gray).
6. Basketball A dunk shot.
7. Special capability: The team really showed its stuff and won the championship.
8. Chiefly British Woven material, especially woolens.
9. Slang Money; cash.
10. Slang A drug, especially one that is illegal or habit-forming.
v. stuffed, stuff·ing, stuffs
v.tr.
1.
a. To pack (a container) tightly; cram: stuff a Christmas stocking.
b. To block (a passage); plug: stuff a crack with caulking.
c. Basketball To block (a shot or an opponent who is shooting), especially before the ball leaves the shooter's hands.
2.
a. To place forcefully into a container or space; thrust: stuffed laundry into the bag.
b. Sports To shoot (a ball or puck) forcefully into the goal from close range.
c. Basketball To dunk (the ball).
3.
a. To fill with an appropriate stuffing: stuff a pillow.
b. To fill (an animal skin) to restore its natural form for mounting or display.
4. To cram with food.
5. To fill (the mind): His head is stuffed with silly notions.
6. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
7. To apply a preservative and softening agent to (leather).
v.intr.
To overeat; gorge.

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