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stuffs

/stʌfs/

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Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

Examples :

"Example Sentence: "Before leaving for vacation, I made sure to pack all my stuffs, like my phone charger and favorite book." "

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Unspecified things or matters.

Examples :

"I had to do some stuff."

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The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.

Examples :

"The artist carefully chose the stuffs – wood, metal, and glass – to create her sculpture. "

material substance thing

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A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.

Examples :

"The tailor examined the stuffs carefully, searching for the best woollen fabric to make the warm winter coat. "

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Boards used for building.

Examples :

"The carpenter needed more stuffs to finish framing the new house. "

material building

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Abstract substance or character.

Examples :

"The teacher said that success in life is made of sterner stuffs than just good grades. "

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Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.

Examples :

"Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?"

thing material substance item

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Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.

Examples :

"The gang was dealing in various stuffs, including heroin. "

medicine substance

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Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.

Examples :

"The movers carefully loaded the family's stuffs – beds, tables, and boxes of kitchenware – onto the truck. "

property item thing

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A medicine or mixture; a potion.

Examples :

"The doctor gave me some bitter stuffs to help with my cough. "

medicine substance

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Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.

Examples :

""Don't listen to that silly stuffs; he's just trying to upset you." "

language word negative thing

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A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.

Examples :

"The shipwright applied the thick stuffs to the ship's wooden hull to prevent friction. "

nautical material substance

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Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.

Examples :

"The papermill worker checked the consistency of the stuffs before it was fed into the machines. "

material stationery industry

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Examples :

"He's got the stuffs to buy a new car, but he's saving it for college. "

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To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.

Examples :

"She stuffs her backpack with books and lunch every morning before school. "

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To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.

Examples :

"He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door."

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To fill with seasoning.

Examples :

"She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret recipe."

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To load goods into (a container) for transport.

Examples :

"She stuffs her backpack with books before heading to school. "

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(used in the passive) To sate.

Examples :

"I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing."

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To break; to destroy.

Examples :

"He skidded off the road and totally stuffed his brand new car."

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To sexually penetrate.

Examples :

"His wife came home early and found him on the couch stuffing the maid."

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(mildly vulgar, often imperative) Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.

Examples :

""I spent all day working on this presentation, and my boss just said it was terrible? Stuffs him, I quit!" "

language attitude exclamation

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To heavily defeat or get the better of.

Examples :

"Mudchester Rovers were stuffed 7-0 in the semi-final."

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To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.

Examples :

"I got stuffed by that guy on the supermoto going into that turn, almost causing us to crash."

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To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.

Examples :

"My grandfather stuffs birds as a hobby, creating lifelike displays for his home. "

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To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.

Examples :

"The strong perfume in the elevator stuffs my nose, making it hard to breathe. "

medicine physiology body organ

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To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.

Examples :

"She stuffs the backpack with books and snacks for the school day. "

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To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.

Examples :

"The teacher stuffs the students with historical dates right before the test. "

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To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.

Examples :

"Before sending the presentation to the client, I need to stuff the files to reduce the size. "

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