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stuff

/ stuff /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
"Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"
Derived:
stuffing dressing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody Adjective/Noun
verb Sense 2
"stuff a pillow with feathers"
"The old lady wants to have her dead poodle stuffed by the taxidermist"
Kinds of:
cork
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody Adjective/Noun
verb Sense 3
"My nose is all stuffed"
"Her arteries are blocked"
Opposites:
unstuff loosen up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
"The child stuffed his pockets with candy"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody Adjective/Noun
noun Sense 5
"did you take all your clobber?"
noun Sense 6
"it was stuff I had heard before"
"there''s good stuff in that book"
Type of:
information info
noun Sense 7
"don''t give me that stuff"
Domain:
cant jargon slang
noun Sense 8
"suspense is the very stuff of narrative"
Type of:
kernel substance core
noun Sense 9
"the stuff of heros"
"you don''t have the stuff to be a United States Marine"
Type of:
quality
verb Sense 10
"stuff a bearskin"
Type of:
impregnate saturate
Entails:
tan
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 11
"the trunk was full of stuff"
noun Sense 12
"coal is a hard black material"
"wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
Type of:
substance matter
verb Sense 13
"Stuff money into an envelope"
"She thrust the letter into his hand"
Type of:
push force
Derived:
shove push thrust
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 14
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
"She stuffed herself at the dinner"
"The kids binged on icecream"
Type of:
eat
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
14
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
70
Times Searched
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