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stuff English

Meaning stuff meaning

What does stuff mean?
Definitions in simple English

stuff Noun

— Stuff is what makes up something; the things that it is made from. What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor?

stuff Verb

— When you stuff something, you put a lot of things inside of it; you compress things into it. She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret stuffing recipe of diced bread, onions, and celery. — To be happy and satisfied, usually to do with food. I'm stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.

stuff

— noun miscellaneous unspecified objects the trunk was full of stuff — verb cram into a cavity The child stuffed candy into his pockets — noun (= material) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object coal is a hard black material wheat is the stuff they use to make bread — verb (= thrust) press or force Stuff money into an envelope She thrust the letter into his hand — noun (= clobber) informal terms for personal possessions did you take all your clobber? — 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 senseless talk don't give me that stuff — noun a critically important or characteristic component suspense is the very stuff of narrative — noun information in some unspecified form it was stuff I had heard before there's good stuff in that book — verb treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting stuff a bearskin — verb fill tightly with a material stuff a pillow with feathers — verb (= block) obstruct My nose is all stuffed Her arteries are blocked — verb fill with a stuffing while cooking Have you stuffed the turkey yet? — verb (= overeat, binge) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself She stuffed herself at the dinner The kids binged on ice cream

Synonyms stuff synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as stuff?

stuff English » English

cram material fill things matter substance belongings thrust pack goods thing block stop up squeeze shove jam fill up stick ram plug tamp stock press pad pack in junk gorge crowd compress clog stopper rubbish push pig out object glut farce engorge cloth wad stow stop scarf out satiate put possessions overgorge lug load line

Topics stuff topics

What do people use stuff to talk about?
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Put in
Universe, creation World

Substance, matter
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Basketball
Work and occupation

Tool
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Push
Physical actions Arrange Put

Load, pile
States Quantity

Full
States Quality

Made of, material
Grammar General words

Thing
Grammar General words Thing

Physical, non-physical
Person Body Head

Ear

Conjugation stuff conjugation

How do you conjugate stuff?

stuff · verb

Examples stuff examples

How do I use stuff in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Leave my stuff alone.
You wouldn't believe the stuff people throw away.
You steal stuff, don't you?
Where did you get all this stuff?
Sami didn't want to relive all that stuff.
There's a lot of stuff in my office that I never use.
Burn all this stuff.
I dislike stuff that supports violence.
We got rid of some old stuff.
When I'm at home there's a lot of stuff to do; I don't even have time to watch TV.
If you stuff the box too full, the bottom will fall out.
What is that greasy stuff on your shirt?
I can't drink such sweet stuff.
What stuff is this jacket made of?
Oh, just the usual stuff.
There was so much stuff on his desk that he had nowhere to write.
He was busy collecting stuff for his report.
She doesn't wear the cheap stuff.
It ain't like we gotta sell stuff, you know.
We can't fix this by selling stuff!
Greedy people always want more stuff.
This stuff is worth its weight in gold!
I don't see how you can eat that stuff.
The shoes were made of some soft stuff that looked like leather.
Don't leave your stuff behind.
Stuff today and starve tomorrow.
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
Stuff happens.
You'd better get your stuff together now because we're leaving in ten minutes.
I'm not rich enough to buy cheap stuff.

Movie subtitles

There's a lot of really important stuff in those bags.
Um, I was wondering if maybe uh, the things and stuff you seem to be focusing on are the things and stuff that apply to the reason we are here.
I'm gonna save them all with this stuff!
They'll say you need an energy source, you need oxygen, you need water, you need carbon, you need organic compounds, you need amino acids, you need all this stuff.
I. I hope there's stuff left.
We're talking supernatural stuff now.
I wanted to go check on her to see how she was doing 'cause I knew she had scratches and stuff on her, and she was sure freaked out like I was.
Okay, we'll have your stuff boxed up and sent to you.
Would you mind rubbing this bite stuff on me?
You have any idea what happened to his stuff. clothes, footlocker, detailed diary?
Brown stuff.
I mean, you know, he gets, like, freaked about stuff.
So I, uh, I just came over to, you know, like rap and hang out and talk about stuff.
Yeah, you used to love that stuff.
When I was little, my mom never used to do physical stuff with us because she had these big boobs and. I just don't want to miss out on stuff like she did just because I was given the worst genetic gift ever.
When I think about last semester, it's like. all that stuff happened to a completely different person.
The stuff that Dekaan puts in that water isn't gonna show up on your average tests.
Tell me, hot stuff, exactly what is it you think we've done?
He only handles the administrative stuff.
The Lawyer controls the daily stuff.
You see this stuff every day.
Don't give me that innocent stuff or you'll be alone.
Ah, that's old stuff.
There's the stuff!
Help them take this stuff, the ones that are going down.
Get your stuff packed.
Stuff like that is easy to get because the screws turn a blind eye to those kind of things.
Other stuff is a little trickier.
M-rated video games, puppy dogs. That stuff is gonna cost you.
I gotta get the stuff past the screws first.
Suspended on the spot, get sent home, your parents freak out, and that's why I won't let anybody in my crew touch the stuff.
Yeah, you got the stuff?
That magic stuff you do really cracks me up.
You have fresh stuff?
You know all the stuff that's going on between your brother and the north africans?
Can I just ask, what's with all the rough stuff?
Carmen, and then just like, stupid stuff, like.
A driving licence form and some other ID stuff you'll need to fill in.
And it's got, like, this poison stuff that comes from the claws and the tail.

News and current affairs

This is the stuff of dictatorship, not democracy.
Ehud Barak, the Labour leader, is made of different stuff.
Creditor-debtor conflict has been the stuff of politics since Babylonian times.
The trouble is that you can measure quantity of stuff, but not quality of life.
The genius of The Limits to Growth was to fuse these worries with fears of running out of stuff.
But the impact has been limited, owing to the authorities' ability to stuff debt down the throats of captive local banks, insurance companies, and pension funds.
International phone calls were prohibitively expensive, and the idea of actually seeing someone while you talked to them was the stuff of science fiction.
For a credible banking system remains the stuff of dreams; external debt and corruption are as high as ever, and capital flight continues unabated.
Customers - who know what a smorgasbord is - understandably try to stuff as much food as they can onto the tiny saucer, sushi on top of roast beef.
Vietnam remembered remains the stuff of dreams, a voluptuous mix of reproduced scent and sound.
For those left behind, it is America that is the stuff of dreams, the American passport that is admired.
Until recently, achieving control over our own longevity was the stuff of fairy tales, disconnected from actual scientific progress.
In the worst case, have the government step in, borrow money, and buy stuff, thereby rebalancing the economy as the private sector deleverages.
The traditional right is therefore caught between a populist line that still appeals to the voters and the liberalizing policies that are the stuff of modern government everywhere.
This is powerful stuff, and dwarfs the narrow technocratic instincts of Mrs. Clinton, whose schoolgirl approach to the campaign has justly earned her defeat after defeat in the primaries.
But misrepresentation is not just at the heart of financial and economic crises; it is also the stuff that drives revolutions.
To make stuff, you need to know how to make it, and this knowledge is, to a large extent, latent - not available in books, but stored in the brains of those who need to use it.
Recent research by two Canadian psychologists found that people who spent money on green products were, immediately afterwards, less likely to be generous and more likely to steal than those who bought non-green stuff.
The public can be forgiven for choking on this kind of stuff.
After all, the problems that beset Mr. Schroeder, or Mr. Berlusconi, and Messieurs Chirac and Jospin, aren't the stuff that shapes the world.
This was the case with vaccinations and the recognition that DNA is the stuff of heredity - and it will happen eventually with genetic engineering.
In 2006, he completed a three-year study of local government in Iran - hardly the stuff of insurrection and regime change.
But that remains a long-term strategic goal, not the stuff of presidential campaigns, especially when China seems too weak to pose any immediate threat to the US on any front in the foreseeable future.
It was only in the late twentieth century that careful study of the motion of normal, visible matter revealed the gravitational influence of lots of otherwise invisible stuff.
This is very strong stuff.
The very poor can at most be used for occasional demonstrations of anger, but they are not the stuff from which either terrorists or revolutionaries are made.
And where will the resources come from to manufacture all the stuff these new consumers will buy?

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