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The Meaning of stuff
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(v. t.) Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.
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(v. t.) The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.
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(v. t.) Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.
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(v. t.) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
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(v. t.) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
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(v. t.) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
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(v. t.) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
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(v. t.) Paper stock ground ready for use.
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(n.) To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.
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(n.) To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
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(n.) To fill by being pressed or packed into.
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(n.) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
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(n.) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
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(n.) To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.
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(n.) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
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(n.) To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
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(n.) To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
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(v. i.) To feed gluttonously; to cram.
Synonyms
Matter
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substance
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trash
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nonsense
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[See CONSIDER].
Homophones
stough
Rhymes
acuff
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bluff
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bruff
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buff
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chuff
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cluff
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cuff
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cuffe
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duff
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dyestuff
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earmuff
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enough
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fisticuff
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fluff
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foodstuff
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gruff
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guff
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handcuff
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hough
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huff
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leboeuf
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lebouef
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luff
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macduff
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mcduff
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mcgeough
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mcgough
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muff
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overstuff
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pluff
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puff
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rebuff
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rough
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ruf
,
ruff
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schuff
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scottsbluff
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scruff
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scuff
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shuff
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slough
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sluff
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snuff
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stough
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tough
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tuff