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stuff
verb(stuff)overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out,
Examples:
She stuffed herself at the dinner.
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verb(stuff)fill with a stuffing while cooking
Synonyms: farce,
Examples:
Have you stuffed the turkey yet?.
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noun(stuff)senseless talk
Examples:
Don't give me that stuff.
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noun(stuff)the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
Synonyms: material,
Examples:
Wheat is the stuff they use to make bread.
stuff
noun(stuff)a critically important or characteristic component
Examples:
Suspense is the very stuff of narrative.
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verb(stuff)cram into a cavity
Examples:
The child stuffed candy into his pockets.
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verb(stuff)fill tightly with a material
Examples:
Stuff a pillow with feathers.
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noun(stuff)information in some unspecified form
Examples:
It was stuff I had heard before.
There's good stuff in that book.
There's good stuff in that book.
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noun(stuff)miscellaneous unspecified objects
Examples:
The trunk was full of stuff.
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verb(stuff)treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
Examples:
Stuff a bearskin.
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noun(stuff)unspecified qualities required to do or be something
Examples:
The stuff of heros.
You don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine.
You don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine.