stuff

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”

miscellaneous unspecified objects

• “the trunk was full of stuff”

informal terms for personal possessions

• “did you take all your clobber?”

senseless talk

• “don”

unspecified qualities required to do or be something

• “the stuff of heros”
• “you don”

information in some unspecified form

• “it was stuff I had heard before”
• “there”

a critically important or characteristic component

• “suspense is the very stuff of narrative”

fill completely

• “The child stuffed his pockets with candy”

press or force

• “Stuff money into an envelope”
• “She thrust the letter into his hand”

obstruct

• “My nose is all stuffed”
• “Her arteries are blocked”

overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• “She stuffed herself at the dinner”
• “The kids binged on icecream”

treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting

• “stuff a bearskin”

fill tightly with a material

• “stuff a pillow with feathers”
• “The old lady wants to have her dead poodle stuffed by the taxidermist”

fill with a stuffing while cooking

• “Have you stuffed the turkey yet?”