stuff
1. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object (Freq. 5)
- coal is a hard black material
- wheat is the stuff they use to make bread
• Syn:
material
• Hypernyms:
substance
• Hyponyms:
ballast, bedding material, bedding, litter, rind,
precursor, atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote,
speck, ammunition, floccule, floc, HAZMAT, aggregate,
raw material, staple, sorbate, sorbent, sorbent material, diamagnet,
mineral, rock, stone, adhesive material, adhesive agent, adhesive,
sealing material, animal material, fluff, bimetal, abrasive, abradant,
abrasive material, chemical, chemical substance, composite material, conductor, insulator,
dielectric, nonconductor, contaminant, contamination, particulate, particulate matter,
dust, elastomer, earth, ground, discharge, emission,
detritus, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product, fiber,
fibre, filling, fill, foam, homogenate, humate,
impregnation, paper, packing material, packing, wadding, coloring material,
colouring material, color, colour, plant material, plant substance, radioactive material,
thickening, thickener, toner, transparent substance, translucent substance, undercut,
builder, detergent builder, vernix, vernix caseosa, wad
2. miscellaneous unspecified objects (Freq. 5)
- the trunk was full of stuff
• Hypernyms:
object, physical object
• Hyponyms:
doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo,
gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig,
thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis,
widget, etcetera, sundries
3. informal terms for personal possessions (Freq. 1)
- did you take all your clobber?
• Syn:
clobber
• Hypernyms:
personal property, personal estate, personalty, private property
4. senseless talk (Freq. 1)
- don't give me that stuff
• Syn:
stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock
• Usage Domain:
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot,
patois, vernacular
• Hypernyms:
nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
5. unspecified qualities required to do or be something (Freq. 1)
- the stuff of heros
- you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine
• Hypernyms:
quality
6. information in some unspecified form
- it was stuff I had heard before
- there's good stuff in that book
• Hypernyms:
information, info
7. a critically important or characteristic component
- suspense is the very stuff of narrative
• Hypernyms:
kernel, substance, core, center, centre,
essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow,
meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
1. cram into a cavity (Freq. 5)
- The child stuffed candy into his pockets
• Hypernyms:
cram
• Hyponyms:
jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram,
wad, overstuff, pad, fill out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s something with something
- They stuff the cart with boxes
2. press or force (Freq. 4)
- Stuff money into an envelope
- She thrust the letter into his hand
• Syn:
thrust, shove, squeeze
• Derivationally related forms:
shove (for: shove), thrust (for: thrust)
• Hypernyms:
push, force
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They stuff the books into the box
3. overeat or eat immodestly;
make a pig of oneself
- She stuffed herself at the dinner
- The kids binged on ice cream
• Syn:
gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut,
engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize,
binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
• Derivationally related forms:
binge (for: binge), gourmand (for: gourmandize), gourmandizer (for: gourmandize), overeating (for: overeat), engorgement (for: engorge), overindulgence (for: overindulge), gorger (for: gorge)
• Hypernyms:
eat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
4. obstruct
- My nose is all stuffed
- Her arteries are blocked
• Syn:
lug, choke up, block
• Ant:
unstuff
• Derivationally related forms:
block (for: block), blockage (for: block)
• Hypernyms:
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest,
choke, foul
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
- stuff a bearskin
• Hypernyms:
impregnate, saturate
• Entailment:
tan
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. fill tightly with a material
- stuff a pillow with feathers
• Derivationally related forms:
stuffer
• Hypernyms:
fill, fill up, make full
• Hyponyms:
cork
• Verb Group:
farce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s something with something
7. fill with a stuffing while cooking
- Have you stuffed the turkey yet?
• Syn:
farce
• Derivationally related forms:
stuffing, farce (for: farce)
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
fill, fill up, make full
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s something with something
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