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