Definition
Meaning of 'stuff'
Meaning of 'stuff' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Stuff 
[ n.]
- To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something;
to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick. [ n.]- To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
- To fill by being pressed or packed into.
- To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
- To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
- To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.
- To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
- To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
- To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
2. Stuff [ v. i.]
- To feed gluttonously; to cram. [ v. i.]3. Stuff [ v. t.]
- Material which is to be worked up in any process of
manufacture. [ v. t.]- The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.
- Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.
- Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
- A medicine or mixture; a potion.
- Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
- A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
- Paper stock ground ready for use.
Meaning of 'stuff' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. stuff [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
Example in sentence:
- coal is a hard black material;
- wheat is the stuff they use to make bread
Meaning (2):
- informal terms for personal possessions
- informal terms for personal possessions
Example in sentence:
- did you take all your clobber?
Meaning (3):
- senseless talk
- senseless talk
Example in sentence:
- don't give me that stuff
Meaning (4):
- information in some unspecified form
- information in some unspecified form
Example in sentence:
- it was stuff I had heard before;
- there's good stuff in that book
Meaning (5):
- a critically important or characteristic component
- a critically important or characteristic component
Example in sentence:
- suspense is the very stuff of narrative
Meaning (6):
- unspecified qualities required to do or be something
- unspecified qualities required to do or be something
Example in sentence:
- the stuff of heros;
- you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine
Meaning (7):
- miscellaneous unspecified objects
- miscellaneous unspecified objects
Example in sentence:
- the trunk was full of stuff
2. stuff [ v]
[ v]Meaning (8):
- fill with a stuffing while cooking
- fill with a stuffing while cooking
Example in sentence:
- Have you stuffed the turkey yet?
Meaning (9):
- obstruct
- obstruct
Example in sentence:
- Her arteries are blocked;
- My nose is all stuffed
Meaning (10):
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Example in sentence:
- She stuffed herself at the dinner;
- The kids binged on ice cream
Meaning (11):
- treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
- treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
Example in sentence:
- stuff a bearskin
Meaning (12):
- fill tightly with a material
- fill tightly with a material
Example in sentence:
- stuff a pillow with feathers
Meaning (13):
- press or force
- press or force
Example in sentence:
- She thrust the letter into his hand;
- Stuff money into an envelope
Meaning (14):
- cram into a cavity
- cram into a cavity
Example in sentence:
- The child stuffed candy into his pockets
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