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(n) 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"
(n) miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff"
(n) informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?"
(n) senseless talk; "don''t give me that stuff"
(n) unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the stuff of heros"; "you don''t have the stuff to be a United States Marine"
(n) information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there''s good stuff in that book"
(n) a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"
(v) fill completely; "The child stuffed his pockets with candy"
(v) press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
(v) obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
(v) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"
(v) treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin"
(v) fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"; "The old lady wants to have her dead poodle stuffed by the taxidermist"
(v) fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"

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