Stuff
[stʌf]
Definition
(noun.) miscellaneous unspecified objects; 'the trunk was full of 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.) a critically important or characteristic component; 'suspense is the very stuff of narrative'.
(noun.) senseless talk; 'don't give me that stuff'.
(noun.) information in some unspecified form; 'it was stuff I had heard before'; 'there's good stuff in that book'.
(noun.) informal terms for personal possessions; 'did you take all your clobber?'.
(verb.) fill tightly with a material; 'stuff a pillow with feathers'.
(verb.) obstruct; 'My nose is all stuffed'; 'Her arteries are blocked'.
(verb.) cram into a cavity; 'The child stuffed candy into his pockets'.
(verb.) treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; 'stuff a bearskin'.
Inputed by Andre--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. t.) Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.
(v. t.) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
(v. t.) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
(v. t.) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
(v. t.) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
(v. t.) Paper stock ground ready for use.
(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.
(n.) To fill by being pressed or packed into.
(n.) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
(n.) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
(n.) To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.
(n.) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
(n.) To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
(n.) To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
(v. i.) To feed gluttonously; to cram.
Inputed by Davis
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Material, matter, substance, raw material.[2]. Cloth, textile fabric.[3]. Mixture, medicine, potion.[4]. Trash, nonsense, absurdity, folly, moonshine, twaddle, balderdash, fudge, inanity, platitude, flummery.
v. a. [1]. Cram, stow, pack, fill full.[2]. Press, crowd, squeeze.[3]. [Colloquial, U. S.] Flatter, cajole, wheedle, coax, coddle.
v. n. Cram, eat greedily.
Inputed by Cleo
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Matter, substance, trash, nonsense,[See CONSIDER]
Typist: Marcus
Definition
n. materials of which anything is made: that which fills anything: essence elemental part: textile fabrics cloth esp. when woollen: something trifling worthless or contemptible: a melted mass of turpentine tallow &c. used for paying masts planks &c.: a medicinal mixture: boards for building: (slang) money: worthless matter: possessions generally esp. household furniture &c.—v.t. to fill by crowding: to fill very full: to press in: to crowd: to cram as with nonsense or lies: to obstruct: to cause to bulge out by filling: to fill with seasoning as a fowl: to fill the skin of a dead animal so as to reproduce its living form.—v.i. to feed gluttonously: to practise taxidermy.—ns. Stuff′er one who stuffs esp. the skins of animals; Stuff′-gown a gown of stuff not silk esp. that of a junior barrister; Stuff′ing that which is used to stuff or fill anything—straw sawdust feathers hair &c.: relishing ingredients put into meat poultry &c. in cooking; Stuff′ing-box a contrivance for keeping a piston-rod &c. air-tight or water-tight by means of closely-fitting packing while allowing it free motion.
Editor: Yvonne
Examples
- Under existing circumstances, however, she is dressed in a plain, spare gown of brown stuff. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was a small pyramid of black, putty-like stuff, exactly like the one upon the table of the study. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The coffee was so exquisite that he asked for a second cup: such a contrast to the watery stuff at the club! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- There was a great quantity and variety of stuff, as the Claytons had expected a possible five to eight years' residence in their new home. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It was a strange reality of his being, the very stuff of being, there in the straight downflow of the thighs. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Laurie's a nice boy and I like him, and I won't have any sentimental stuff about compliments and such rubbish. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She never brought in the gypsy stuff before. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He sat in his usual place and attitude like a great stuffed figure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Have some stuffed veal always, and a fine cheese in cut. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Because there was a stuffed buzzard, Mr. Jennings, in the hall last year. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then Gutenberg added a handle to the stuffed ball. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The fat turkey was a sight to behold, when Hannah sent him up, stuffed, browned, and decorated. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We were to have a superb dinner, consisting of a leg of pickled pork and greens, and a pair of roast stuffed fowls. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It was stuffed with papers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was down at the water-side, looking for parrots brought home by sailors, to buy for stuffing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But for the happy chance of the gold stuffing, your suspicions would probably never have been aroused. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He added a tight packing in the cylinder-head for the piston-rod to move through, and a steam-tight stuffing-box on the top of the cylinder. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There are about sixteen million milch cows in the United States, and their contribution to the food stuffs of the day in milk, butter, and cheese is no insignificant factor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The body demands a daily ration of the three classes of food stuffs, but it is for us to determine from what meats, vegetables, fruits, cereals, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I say, they came in with the mixed stuffs that will neither wash nor wear. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Checked by Eugene