stuff

/stˈʌf/

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Noun
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
Noun
miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff"
Noun
informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?"
Noun
senseless talk; "don''t give me that stuff"
Noun
unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the stuff of heros"; "you don''t have the stuff to be a United States Marine"
Noun
information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there''s good stuff in that book"
Noun
a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"
Verb
cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets"
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press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
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obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
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overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
Verb
treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin"
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fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"
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fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"
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unstuff
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