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