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Meaning of stuff

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stuff
      n 1: 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" [syn: {material},
           {stuff}]
      2: miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of
         stuff"
      3: informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all
         your clobber?" [syn: {stuff}, {clobber}]
      4: senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" [syn: {stuff},
         {stuff and nonsense}, {hooey}, {poppycock}]
      5: unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the
         stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United
         States Marine"
      6: information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had
         heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book"
      7: a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense
         is the very stuff of narrative"
      v 1: cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his
           pockets"
      2: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust
         the letter into his hand" [syn: {thrust}, {stuff}, {shove},
         {squeeze}]
      3: obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are
         blocked" [syn: {stuff}, {lug}, {choke up}, {block}] [ant:
         {loosen up}, {unstuff}]
      4: 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}, {stuff}, {engorge}, {overgorge}, {overeat},
         {gormandize}, {gormandise}, {gourmandize}, {binge}, {pig
         out}, {satiate}, {scarf out}]
      5: treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a
         bearskin"
      6: fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"
      7: fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the
         turkey yet?" [syn: {farce}, {stuff}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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