stuff

UK /stʌf/ US /stʌf/
noun 5verb 5

Definitions

noun

1

Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor? He didn't want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.

The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.

2

Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.

He took away locks, and gave away the king's stuff.

3

Unspecified things or matters.

I had to do some stuff.

4

The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.

Near-synonyms: constituents, ingredients; see also Thesaurus:substance

The workman on his stuff his skill doth show, / And yet the stuff gives not the man his skill.

5

The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.

Without waiting for a reply, she unbound the veil from her head, and took off the loose black novice's robe, which she had put over a gray stuff dress similar to that worn by Lucy.

"And you can buy a dress for your wife off this piece of stuff," said Lisetta, who had always an eye to business.

verb

1

To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.

I'm going to stuff this pillow with feathers.

Lest the gods, for sin, / Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin.

2

To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.

He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door.

Put them [roses] into a[…] glass, with narrow mouths, stuffing them close together […] and [they] retain[…] smell […][and] colour.

3

To fill with seasoning.

She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret recipe.

4

To load goods into (a container) for transport.

5

To sate.

I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.

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